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Politics : View from the Center and Left Middle East Annex
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From: S. maltophilia9/12/2025 2:20:22 PM
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In the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Palestinian taps run dry

By Ali Sawafta and Nuha Sharaf
September 8, 202512:54 PM CDTUpdated September 8, 2025



  • Summary

  • Palestinians say water shortages are due to settler attacks
  • UN reports increase in settler vandalism of water infrastructure
  • Israeli military acknowledges reports but no suspects identified
  • Israeli agency COGAT blames Palestinian water theft
  • Shortages force reliance on costly deliveries


KFAR MALIK, West Bank/JERUSALEM, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank are facing severe water shortages that they say are being driven by increasing attacks on scarce water sources by extremist Jewish settlers.
Across the West Bank in Palestinian communities, residents are reporting shortages that have left taps in homes dry and farms without irrigation.
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In Ramallah, one of the largest Palestinian cities in the West Bank and the administrative capital of the Palestinian Authority, residents facing water shortages are now relying on public taps.

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"We only get water at home twice a week, so people are forced to come here," said Umm Ziad, as she filled empty plastic bottles with water alongside other Ramallah residents.
The United Nations recorded 62 incidents
, opens new tab of Jewish settlers vandalising water wells, pipelines,.....

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