Demolishing 3 cisterns in An Nasariyya village – Jericho Governorate

Violation: demolishing 3 water cisterns.

Date: September 8, 2011.

Perpetrators:  the Israeli Occupation Army.

Victims: farmers of An Nasariyya.

 

On September 8, 2011, the Israelis water theft campaigns have been restarted in the village of An Nasariyya. An Israeli dozer accompanied by troops broke into the village and demolished 3 water cisterns which was used to irrigate more than 1800 dunums of the village lands.The lands were planted with vegetables and were generating income for tens of Palestinian families.It must be noted that this has been the second demolition campaign in a bit over two months,

 

Victim	Family members	Irrigated Area (dunum)	Depth (m)	Pumping rate m3/hour	Damages
Nabil Jodah	19	500	70	120	Burying the cistern, confiscating the pump, the diesel tanks, and the pipes
Mohammad Wahdan	27	600	70	120	Burying the cistern, confiscating the pump, the diesel tanks, and the pipes
Najeh al Kilani	30	650	85	130	Burying the cistern, confiscating the pump, the diesel tanks, and the pipes
Total	76	1750	225	380

 

 

 

It must be noted that the Israeli Occupation Authorities are imposing strict rules on water harvesting in the area.The Israeli Water Company, Mikrot, is monopolizing the water gathering rights in the West Bank rendering many villages suffering from extreme shortage of water despite standing over massive ground water sources.

 

An Nassariya is just an example of a Palestinian village which suffers from extreme lack of water while the Israeli prevent any digging of wells.Mikrot greedy water gathering and the spread of its water pumps depleted the water sources and rendered the salt percentage higher than usual leaving it useless.This initiates a red alert in regard to the village agricultural future, eventually, the village existence.