Global Warming is Real | Climate | Energy | Sustainability Dialogues on Civilizations Palestinian Water Shortages Intensify Due To Drought, Aging Infrastructure, Inaction Bloomberg BNA — The current water shortage in Arab East Jerusalem is only the latest water crisis facing Arab areas of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, representatives from regional security, environmental and human rights organizations told Bloomberg BNA. Its solution need not wait for progress in the currently stalled Middle East peace talks, they said. Nor should it. Residents of East Jerusalem neighborhoods, though outside a security fence built by Israel to prevent terrorist infiltration, have had almost no water from the national grid since March 4. In many parts of the neighborhoods, particularly their suburbs and elevated areas, there is no water at all. In other sections, pressure is very low, preventing pumping above ground level. ‘Situation Unbearable.' “There are elderly, babies and people with disabilities, and the situation has become unbearable,” said Jamil Sanduka, chairman of the Ras Hamis Neighborhood Committee. Illegal Hookups, Poor Planning Solution Will Require Funding
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