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Source: http://www.thecommentator.com/article/2706/is_israel_really_to_blame_for_gaza_s_water_shortages
Is Israel Really to Blame for Gaza's Water Shortages?
(Commentator) Raheem Kassam - A motion was tabled in the British Parliament stating that "Israeli occupation policies" are to blame for the shortage of water in Gaza, though Israel withdrew from the territory in 2005. Hamas is the authority responsible for infrastructure. Yet the aid it receives from international donors goes primarily into funding its terrorist activities. Israel has met all its obligations according to the Oslo Water Agreement, and supplies more water to Gaza and the West Bank than it is obliged to do. Conversely, the Palestinians have breached two major areas of the agreement, specifically with relation to the digging of over 250 wells without authorization and in allowing wastewater to flow into streams untreated.