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Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/mike-fegelman/palestine-water_b_1663697.html
"Palestine" Should Use Water to Procure Peace, Not Perpetuate Conflict
(Huffington Post-Canada) Mike Fegelman - Contrary to claims made by Dr. Shaddad Attili, the Minister of the Palestinian Water Authority (PWA), in a Huffington Post Canada commentary, Israel exports volumes of water to the West Bank greatly in excess of what the Oslo Accords had mandated. West Bank Palestinians have access to over 248 million cubic meters (MCM) of fresh natural water as Israel supplies an extra 21 MCM beyond its obligations under the Interim Agreements. This is done, among other reasons, to compensate for the PWA's repeated failures to implement approved water projects. Under Jordanian rule prior to 1967, only one in 10 West Bank households was connected to running water. Today, owing to Israel's water policy, the figure stands at 96% and is rising. The writer is executive director of HonestReporting Canada.