control of the water supply

The Wall will cause many Palestinian villages to lose their only source of water ... Thirty wells are listed as lost in the Qalqilya and Tulkarm districts alone. The route of the wall bites deep into Palestinian land to ensure that Israel steals control of the aquifers in the West Bank. Movement restrictions have already led to an 80% increase in the cost of trucked water, an absolute necessity in summer. Israel already controls the entire water supply, rationing it to Palestinians and charging them for their own resources. Meanwhile illegal settler colonies use 80% of the West Bank’s renewable water supplies.