Agha: AI report ascertains IOA robbery of Palestinian water resources

GAZA, (PIC)– Dr. Mohammed Al-Agha, the minister of agriculture in the Gaza Strip, has said that the Amnesty International’s report on the Israeli occupation authority’s (IOA) exploitation of Palestinian water resources is an important document that should be used in suing the IOA.

Agha, in a terse statement on Friday, said that the AI document should be utilized by the Palestinians to demand compensation and file lawsuits at international courts over the IOA robbery of their water.

He pointed out that the Gaza Strip is in need of 200 million cups of water annually, adding that water is being transferred from the West Bank to Gaza to overcome the shortage there.

The London-based AI said in a report that the IOA was curbing the Palestinians’ use of their own water resources while allowing its settlers to tap whatever quantities of water they wish from those resources.

The report published last Tuesday said that the Israeli individual’s water consumption is four times more than that of the Palestinian individual.