Sunday, July 11, 2010

The settlements' devastating impact on the environment and the Palestinian villages and towns in the West Bank

"Occupied" Pollution

Palestine Monitor
22 April 2010
There are 121 settlements in the West Bank, excluding East Jerusalem. In many of these, violence against the local Palestinian population is common. In a number, however, it is pollution that is a major problem. Waste-water pollution from settlements destroys crops and trees, pollutes ground and drinking water supplies, and damages land and harms wildlife and the communities dependent on it. Palestine Monitor examines 3 cases
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Domestic waste water flowing down the middle of a road at the edge of Revava
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Waste water flowing out of the incomplete Revava sewage plant. It flows down into a nearby valley.
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