Israeli settlers seize Palestinian water source in occupied West Bank to create recreational pool

Palestinian farmers in the occupied West Bank have lost access to a freshwater spring their communities have relied on for generations, France 24 reports, after Israeli settlers diverted its water to build a recreational pool marketed to tourists, leaving nearby crops to wither. The outlet cites an estimate that settlers now control ninety-five percent of the springs in the northern Jordan Valley, part of a broader pattern of Palestinian communities being pushed off their land.

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