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Severe water shortage cripples Palestinian agricultural sector

China Daily | Updated: 2008-09-19 07:48

In the plains around the village of Bardala, the Israeli-Palestinian tug-of-war over land and water plays itself out in vivid color - largely brown Palestinian farms border green fields owned by Jewish settlers.

Israel and the occupied West Bank have both been hit hard by drought, but Palestinian farmers say Israeli restrictions on their water supplies have made conditions far worse for them than for farmers in nearby Jewish settlements.

In many homes in the West Bank city of Jenin, water has been all but cut off since April. To cope, residents of Jenin and hundreds of villages get their water delivered by truck at sky-high prices.

Severe water shortage cripples Palestinian agricultural sector

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