Al- Attili: Israeli restrictions on water sector cause extreme humanitarian suffering
Ramallah – Dr. Shaddad Al-Attili, Head of the Palestinian Water Authority (PWA), announced that the restrictions imposed by the so-called Israeli Civil Administration on the construction and rehabilitation of Palestinian infrastructure in “C” Areas lead to severe human suffering.
Al-Attili confirmed that the Israeli policies against water and other sectors aimed directly at forcibly displacing Palestinians and preventing them from developing these sectors.
He added that the Israeli Civil Administration continues to intentionally delay and obstruct Palestinian water and other infrastructure projects in Area C, which ensures that Palestine’s water sector will remain undeveloped. He pointed out that the Israeli policies in these areas also seek to make permanent the status quo of territorial fragmentation, settlement expansion and natural Palestinian resource exploitation.