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Tens of Thousands of Palestinians Without Access to Safe Drinking Water

HeadlineJun 16, 2016

Tens of thousands of Palestinians living in the Israeli-occupied West Bank are without access to safe drinking water during the holy month of Ramadan, after Israel’s national water company began siphoning off water supplies to multiple West Bank cities and villages. Meanwhile, European Union officials are warning 95 percent of the water in the Israeli-occupied Gaza Strip is currently not fit for human use.

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