To anyone who has been in Palestine this isn't really news. Israeli settlers use about 80% of the total water supply in the West Bank despite only comprising a fraction of the population, and the water situation in Gaza is atrocious because of the blockade against equipment needed for purification. After the occupation following the Six-Day Way in 1967 one of the first things the military administrative government did was make it illegal for Palestinians to set up water pumps without approval and simply set up their own, seizing the majority of Palestine's water supply from the mountain aquifer. In Jalazone refugee camp, which borders a settlement with nice swimming pools and well-watered lawns, they now have water two days a week. Even in Birzeit we would often run out of water just a few days after getting it again. From what I understand though, Ramallah has very few problems with water supply.
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