On the contrary, another expert in the Israeli Water Authority said that they don't close the water pipes, and that the shortage of water which the Palestinians face results from high consumption.
He claimed, "We are responsible for the drinking water supply and the current amount of water is enough. We have no intention of reducing the water which the Palestinians get in order to transfer it to the settlements."
Environmental experts say Israel has only itself to blame if its taps run dry. All three of Israel's main water sources — the Sea of Galilee, a coastal aquifer and a West Bank mountain aquifer shared with the Palestinians — are dangerously depleted.
Israeli water experts fear that those three sources have gotten to the red lines past which there is a danger they will be irremediably contaminated by salt deposits.
An Israeli Water Commission spokesperson said Israel itself suffers from a water shortage because of low rainfall. “Israel and the Palestinians both have a problem of water,” she told the "Jordan Times" December 7, 2000. "As for consumption," she said. “It's a way of life. If you take the numbers, it's true they are not using the same amount. “But it's not that they are asking and we are not giving.”
He claimed, "We are responsible for the drinking water supply and the current amount of water is enough. We have no intention of reducing the water which the Palestinians get in order to transfer it to the settlements."
Environmental experts say Israel has only itself to blame if its taps run dry. All three of Israel's main water sources — the Sea of Galilee, a coastal aquifer and a West Bank mountain aquifer shared with the Palestinians — are dangerously depleted.
Israeli water experts fear that those three sources have gotten to the red lines past which there is a danger they will be irremediably contaminated by salt deposits.
An Israeli Water Commission spokesperson said Israel itself suffers from a water shortage because of low rainfall. “Israel and the Palestinians both have a problem of water,” she told the "Jordan Times" December 7, 2000. "As for consumption," she said. “It's a way of life. If you take the numbers, it's true they are not using the same amount. “But it's not that they are asking and we are not giving.”