Today is world water day--- Today marks the start of the first , Israel’s state-owned water company that is responsible for implementing water apartheid on Palestinians. Mekorot has been responsible for water rights violations and discrimination since the 1950s,. It provides vital support to Israels settlement enterprise, commits war crimes by pillaging Palestinians natural resources, and is a proud partner of the Jewish National Funds Blueprint Negev campaign to displace around 40,000 Palestinian Bedouin citizens of Israel in the Negev. In 2005, Mekorot established a business arm to begin a process of international expansion. Several lucrative contracts have been signed in countries like the U.S., Cyprus, India, and Uganda. But civic groups are fighting back against rewarding Mekorot for its involvement in violations of international law and human rights. In Argentina, activists recently announced they succeeded in of a $170 million water regeneration plant. Vitens, the largest water supplier in the Netherlands, with Mekorot just days after it was signed. -US campaing to end the occupation.
Posted on: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 18:35:05 +0000
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