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Just one fresh water source exists today, according to the locals – a coastal aquifer beneath the ground that is shared with Israel and Egypt. But Gaza is situated downstream from Israel, and Palestinians accuse the Jewish state of using the situation to its advantage, employing water deprivation as a tactic against the civilian population.The grim water statistics are part of a recent UN report on Gaza, which says the strip will become uninhabitable by 2020. A number of reasons compound the problems, according to the document by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
he Gaza Strip’s GDP dropped 15 percent in 2014, with 72 percent of households suffering extremely low food security and unemployment at a record high of 44 percent. Further stress was added by relentless IDF assaults. With three military operations in the last six years, coupled with eight years of economic blockade, prospects for recovery are looking very bleak.
The UN says that 500,000 people have been displaced in Gaza as a result of last year's IDF operation alone. More than 20,000 Palestinian homes were destroyed, and 148 schools and 15 hospitals and 45 primary health-care centers were severely damaged. Gaza is one of the most densely populated areas in the world.
But worse still is when the populace is deprived of the prime source of life – water. Without it, no reconstruction and no rebuilding of lives can take place. Medicine, sanitation, hygiene and crucial facilities that depend on water all suffer.
originally posted by: LeeAndrewCox
Going to get worse before it gets better, I think many parts of the planet will start to see more and more shortages of minerals be it through man-made causes or natural, it call comes down to greed at the end of the day, humans can't share.
The Gaza Strip could become “uninhabitable” within five years, a United Nations report released Tuesday warns, as a result of Israeli military operations and a nearly decade-long blockade that have crippled its economy and infrastructure.
originally posted by: LeeAndrewCox
Going to get worse before it gets better, I think many parts of the planet will start to see more and more shortages of minerals be it through man-made causes or natural, it call comes down to greed at the end of the day, humans can't share.
originally posted by: Boeing777
a reply to: ManBehindTheMask
Blow up Gaza's only power-plant but help them out with the water shortage? That doesn't sound right.
I see that it says "accusing Israeli gov of cutting off water" But I see no proof of this.........
Israel has "entirely appropriated the Palestinians' share of the Jordan river" and uses 80% of a key shared aquifer
West Bank Palestinians are not allowed to drill wells without Israeli permits, which are "often impossible" to obtain
Rainwater harvesting cisterns are "often destroyed by the Israeli army"
Israeli soldiers confiscated a water tanker from villagers who were trying to remain in land Israel had declared a "closed military area"
An unnamed Israeli soldier says rooftop Palestinian household water tanks are "good for target practice"
Much of the land cut off by the West Bank barrier is land with good access to a major aquifer
Israeli military operations have damaged Palestinian water infrastructure, including $6m worth during the Cast Lead operation in Gaza last winter
The Israeli-Egyptian blockade of Gaza has "exacerbated what was already a dire situation" by denying many building materials needed for water and sewage projects.
originally posted by: OccamsRazor04
originally posted by: bob2190
a reply to: Boeing777
did you know that the Israelis are from kharzaria and most of them are converts
Did you know that is proven false? There is an entire thread about it where the facts are posted.
originally posted by: buster2010
originally posted by: OccamsRazor04
originally posted by: bob2190
a reply to: Boeing777
did you know that the Israelis are from kharzaria and most of them are converts
Did you know that is proven false? There is an entire thread about it where the facts are posted.
Can you post a link please?
descended from Judean tribes who joined the Khazars, an amalgam of Turkic clans that settled the Caucasus in the early centuries CE and converted to Judaism in the 8th century.
Here is the proof.
digitalcommons.wayne.edu...
Here is proof Ashkenazi have a paternal lineage that is identical with other Jews.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov...
And proof that they have a partial Maternal Middle East lineage. 40% or more women were of Mid East descent.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov...
Elhaik did find a Middle Eastern genetic marker in DNA from Jews, but, he says, it could be from Iran, not ancient Judea.