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Israeli forces raided the village of Khirbet Al-Farsieyah in the northern Jordan Valley and seized four water pumps used for agricultural irrigation and the provision of drinking water for the small farming community, witnesses said.
Tubas Governor Marwan Tubasi denounced the Israeli acts following a tour of the affected farms and residences, while Coordinator of the campaign to save the Jordan Valley Fathi Ikhdeirat, said the day's events were part of "a series of attacks that carried out against the residents aiming at expelling them from their land."
On Sunday, Israeli authorities closed off the main water source used for agriculture in a Jordan Valley village, committee members and lawyers said, only four days after military officials threatened to "turn off the taps" if Palestinians did not start treating more of their wastewater.
At the time, Ikhdeirait said Israeli water company Mokorot built three wells to area aquifers since the 1970s, dispensing 5,000 cubic meters of water per hour, largely benefiting the nearby settlements as "Bardalah only gets 65 cubic meters of water per hour before they stopped pumping water. The last aquifer was built two years ago underneath the village.
"We hear the sound of water passing through the pipes in the middle of the village, but we can't drink from it or use it. The water pipelines extended by the Israeli water company is separating the village into two sections," he added.
Landau, however, told radio personnel that the amount of sewage treated in areas under PA control totals only five percent, compared to approximately 70 percent in Israeli settlements.
B'Tselem's study found, however, that "During more than 40 years of occupation, Israel has not built advanced regional wastewater
treatment plants in the settlements to match those inside Israel."http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=276982
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