WEST BANK: Water shortages in the West Bank bring more misery for Palestinians

Record ID: 560546

  • Title: WEST BANK: Water shortages in the West Bank bring more misery for Palestinians
  • Date: 20th August 2008
  • Summary: (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) RESIDENT, AHMED EL AZZA, SAYING: "We have some families who have electric motors and can extract the w ater and store it in their tanks, but the families who don't have motors have no water."
  • Embargoed: 4th September 2008 13:00
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  • Topics: Disasters / Accidents / Natural catastrophes,Lifestyle
  • Reuters ID: LVACJYLIKDJLN6AIDJLCKK7WGI4L
  • Story Text: Israeli restrictions and climate change have fuelled the West Bank's chronic water shortage as Palestinians struggle to survive
  • Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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