12.05.2011                      08.Ijar, 5771                      Tag 22 des Omer; Ta'anit BH'B

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B’Tselem: Jordan Valley, Dead Sea most exploited areas

Human rights group says big disparity in amount of natural resources allocated to settlers versus to Palestinians in these regions.

The Jordan Valley and the northern Dead Sea are the two West Bank regions most exploited by Israel, when one compares the amount of natural resources allocated to settlers versus to the Palestinians, B'Tselem said in a report issued Thursday.
B’Tselem – The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, charged that the 9,400 settlers who live in the two regions consume 45 million cubic meters of water a year, which is almost one-third the amount used by 2.5 million Palestinians in the entire West Bank….