Palestine Today

[P F Tinmore]

Session 11 Embedding Palestine into American pop culture

 

[P F Tinmore]

Farming Without Water. Palestinian Agriculture in the Jordan Valley

 

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[theliq]

Farming Without Water. Palestinian Agriculture in the Jordan Valley

Settlers are ASSSSSSSSSSSSSSHOLES

 

[P F Tinmore]

Queen Rania of Jordan

 

[P F Tinmore]

Palestinian Village Histories: Geographies of the Displaced

 

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[P F Tinmore]

Palestinian elected as Rapporteur of UNESCO Cultural Committee

Palestine’s Ambassador to UNESCO, Mounir Anastas, has won the election for the post of Rapporteur for the organisation’s Cultural Committee, Quds Press has reported. The result was announced on Thursday.

An Italian official has been elected as President of the Committee, with representatives of Venezuela, Albania, the Philippines and Zambia taking positions as members.

During its meeting, the Committee agreed unanimously, without the need for a vote, on a resolution to maintain the cultural heritage of Jerusalem’s Old City. The resolution called for an interactive monitoring delegation to be sent to the Old City in order to evaluate the situation and carry out a work plan and prepare advice on the measures needed to be taken in cooperation with all interested parties.

Members of the committee expressed their concern about official procrastination over the implementation of UNESCO’s executive council decisions regarding Jerusalem’s Old City, which is still under Israeli occupation.

Palestinian elected as Rapporteur of UNESCO Cultural Committee

 

[P F Tinmore]

Scores of Palestinian citizens flocked recently to the national industries exhibition in the besieged Gaza Strip, which was also organized in the occupied West Bank.

Visitors expressed their pride in the national product and its role in boosting the Palestinian economy, hoping that such exhibitions would promote the culture of resisting and boycotting Israeli products.

About 50 industrial and food enterprises participated last Sunday in the three-day national exhibition, which was also visited by officials from the government.

Minister of public works and housing Mufid al-Hasayneh said that “the construction and food industries are the first and main lever for the advancement of the national economy and the building of the Palestinian state.”

Read more at
Gaza: National products in the face of Israel’s blockade
@Copyright The Palestinian Information Center

 

[P F Tinmore]

Gigi Hadid named among 'women of the year' and gave a tribute to her Palestinian roots

American-Palestinian model Gigi Hadid was named among Glamour's 2017 list of 'Women of the Year', an annual award show honoring extraordinary women ... and the 22-year-old once again reminded the world of her Palestinian heritage.

Hadid accepted the award and dedicated her speech to her parents, telling the world that her Palestinian father, Mohamad Hadid, was a refugee at one point.

Despite his struggles, he worked very hard to "make his dreams come true," a characteristic that she carries with her every day in her career.

Gigi Hadid named among 'women of the year' and gave a tribute to her Palestinian roots

 

[P F Tinmore]

Dana Rizek

A Soul's Odyssey 'Letters to Palestine'

 

[ForeverYoung436]

Dana Rizek

A Soul's Odyssey 'Letters to Palestine'

No one watches these videos that you continuously post. You should save yourself the time and effort.

 

[P F Tinmore]

Dana Rizek

A Soul's Odyssey 'Letters to Palestine'

No one watches these videos that you continuously post. You should save yourself the time and effort.

You should. It is a very nice piece of music.

 

[P F Tinmore]

The Palestinian Private Sector: Doing Business Under Occupation

 

[Shusha]

Farming Without Water. Palestinian Agriculture in the Jordan Valley

Palestinian lies like water.

The PA considers water and waste like weapons against Israel.


But most of all, Gvirtzman’s BESA Center report accuses the PA of doing almost nothing to preventing massive leaking in its domestic pipelines; almost nothing to implement modern water conservation techniques; and nothing to recycle sewage water for irrigation.

In fact, many Palestinian farmers routinely overwater their crops through old-fashioned, wasteful flooding methods. Generally, they don’t pay their own water bills, so they don’t care to conserve. (The PA uses international donor money to pay for this waste.) Moreover, at least one-third of the water being pumped out of the ground by the Palestinians is wasted through leakage and mismanagement – by the Palestinian Water Authority’s own estimates.

The PA euphemistically calls this “unaccounted for water.”

Worse still, no recycling of water takes place in the Palestinian Authority and no treated water is used for agriculture. By contrast, in Israel about half of all agriculture is sustained by treated waste water. In fact, Israel’s use of treated waste water, its desalination activities, and its measures to reduce water losses in the water system add 800 m.c.m. per year to its water supply, amounting to one-third of Israel’s total water usage.

At the same time, 95 percent of the 56 m.c.m. per year of sewage produced by the Palestinians is not treated at all. Palestinian sewage flows untreated into the streams and valleys of the West Bank, and infiltrates into the Mountain Aquifer, polluting it for Jews and Arabs alike. Some 17 m.c.m. per year of raw Palestinian sewage flows into (pre-67) Israel too.

 

[Shusha]

More on the use of water and the suffering of the Palestinian people as a weapon:

Today, the Palestinians consume some 200 million cubic meters of water per annum in Judea and Samaria. The Palestinians could easily raise that amount by at least 50 percent, without any additional assistance or allocation from the State of Israel. This would require several simple actions:

If the Palestinians were to begin drilling the Eastern Mountain Aquifer, at the sites already approved for drilling, they very quickly would secure an additional 50 million cubic meters of water per year.

If the Palestinians were to reduce urban water waste from 33 percent to 20 percent by fixing the main leaks in their urban water pipes (something that can be done without great effort), they would immediately benefit from 10 million additional cubic meters of water per annum.

If the Palestinians were to collect and treat their urban waste water, they would gain at least 30 million cubic meters of water a year. This would free up 30 million cubic meters (per annum) of fresh water, currently used for agriculture, for home usage. This would allow them both to improve their urban water supply and to expand agricultural lands.

If the Palestinians were to adopt drip irrigation technology, they would save 10 million cubic meters a year. This would allow them to expand their irrigated lands.

In the Gaza Strip, too, the Palestinians could easily double the amount of water available, without additional assistance from the State of Israel. If the Palestinians agreed to build a desalination plant on the Gaza coast (funded entirely by the international community), they would increase the amount of water available by 60 to 100 million cubic meters a year. If they fix leakages, treat and recycle sewage, and adopt drip irrigation, they would double their water allocation, as well.

Unfortunately, the Palestinian Authority’s deleterious policies – as evidenced in the six facts listed above – are a function of the Palestinian water war against Israel. There is no real Palestinian desire to solve water problems; they prefer to perpetuate the water problems in order to besmirch the State of Israel. They view water as a tool with which to bash Israel.

 

[P F Tinmore]

Farming Without Water. Palestinian Agriculture in the Jordan Valley

Palestinian lies like water.

The PA considers water and waste like weapons against Israel.


But most of all, Gvirtzman’s BESA Center report accuses the PA of doing almost nothing to preventing massive leaking in its domestic pipelines; almost nothing to implement modern water conservation techniques; and nothing to recycle sewage water for irrigation.

In fact, many Palestinian farmers routinely overwater their crops through old-fashioned, wasteful flooding methods. Generally, they don’t pay their own water bills, so they don’t care to conserve. (The PA uses international donor money to pay for this waste.) Moreover, at least one-third of the water being pumped out of the ground by the Palestinians is wasted through leakage and mismanagement – by the Palestinian Water Authority’s own estimates.

The PA euphemistically calls this “unaccounted for water.”

Worse still, no recycling of water takes place in the Palestinian Authority and no treated water is used for agriculture. By contrast, in Israel about half of all agriculture is sustained by treated waste water. In fact, Israel’s use of treated waste water, its desalination activities, and its measures to reduce water losses in the water system add 800 m.c.m. per year to its water supply, amounting to one-third of Israel’s total water usage.

At the same time, 95 percent of the 56 m.c.m. per year of sewage produced by the Palestinians is not treated at all. Palestinian sewage flows untreated into the streams and valleys of the West Bank, and infiltrates into the Mountain Aquifer, polluting it for Jews and Arabs alike. Some 17 m.c.m. per year of raw Palestinian sewage flows into (pre-67) Israel too.

The Palestinians are not allowed to do any of that in area C.

 

[P F Tinmore]

 

[Shusha]

Farming Without Water. Palestinian Agriculture in the Jordan Valley

Palestinian lies like water.

The PA considers water and waste like weapons against Israel.


But most of all, Gvirtzman’s BESA Center report accuses the PA of doing almost nothing to preventing massive leaking in its domestic pipelines; almost nothing to implement modern water conservation techniques; and nothing to recycle sewage water for irrigation.

In fact, many Palestinian farmers routinely overwater their crops through old-fashioned, wasteful flooding methods. Generally, they don’t pay their own water bills, so they don’t care to conserve. (The PA uses international donor money to pay for this waste.) Moreover, at least one-third of the water being pumped out of the ground by the Palestinians is wasted through leakage and mismanagement – by the Palestinian Water Authority’s own estimates.

The PA euphemistically calls this “unaccounted for water.”

Worse still, no recycling of water takes place in the Palestinian Authority and no treated water is used for agriculture. By contrast, in Israel about half of all agriculture is sustained by treated waste water. In fact, Israel’s use of treated waste water, its desalination activities, and its measures to reduce water losses in the water system add 800 m.c.m. per year to its water supply, amounting to one-third of Israel’s total water usage.

At the same time, 95 percent of the 56 m.c.m. per year of sewage produced by the Palestinians is not treated at all. Palestinian sewage flows untreated into the streams and valleys of the West Bank, and infiltrates into the Mountain Aquifer, polluting it for Jews and Arabs alike. Some 17 m.c.m. per year of raw Palestinian sewage flows into (pre-67) Israel too.

The Palestinians are not allowed to do any of that in area C.

Really?! Palestinians are not allowed to use drip irrigation? Palestinians are prohibited from recycling water? Palestinians are aren't permitted to repair water lines? Link?

 

[RoccoR]

RE: Palestine Today
※→ P F Tinmore, et al,

This, again, is a misrepresentation of the facts.

• Article XI (LAND) - Interim Agreement on the West Bank and Gaza Strip: (OSLO II):

"Area C" means areas of the West Bank outside Areas A and B, which, except for the issues that will be negotiated in the permanent status negotiations, ...​

In accordance with the DOP, in Area C, the Council will have functional jurisdiction with regard to the powers and responsibilities transferred pursuant to this Annex. This jurisdiction shall not apply to issues that will be negotiated in the permanent status negotiations, as set out in Article XVII, paragraph 1 of this Agreement.

• ARTICLE IV Special Provisions concerning Area C (OSLO II)

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   • In Area C, in the first phase of redeployment, powers and responsibilities not related to territory, as set out in Appendix 1, will be transferred to and assumed by the Council in accordance with the provisions of that Appendix.
   • During the further redeployment phases, powers and responsibilities relating to territory, as set out in Appendix 1, will be transferred gradually to Palestinian jurisdiction that will cover West Bank and Gaza Strip territory, except for the issues that will be negotiated in the permanent status negotiations.
   • In accordance with the DOP, in Area C, the Council will have functional jurisdiction with regard to the powers and responsibilities transferred pursuant to this Annex. This jurisdiction shall not apply to issues that will be negotiated in the permanent status negotiations, as set out in Article XVII, paragraph 1 of this Agreement.
   • The transfer of powers and responsibilities in Area C shall not affect Israel's continued authority to exercise its powers and responsibilities with regard to internal security and public order, as well as with regard to other powers and responsibilities not transferred.
   • The closure of areas or the imposing of other restrictions on the movement of persons or goods in Area C, required for the implementation of the powers and responsibilities transferred to the Council in accordance with this Annex (such as for the prevention of the spreading of diseases), shall require prior Israeli consent.

The misrepresentation is held in he inference that the Israelis somehow unlawfully pevent the Arab Palestinian from exercising their authority. --- WHEN, in fact, the jurisdiction was granted by the Arab Palestinian.

The Palestinians are not allowed to do any of that in area C.

(COMMENT)

It is NOT the case that the Arab Palestinians "Palestinians are not allowed" to do any thing in Area "C" --- it IS the case that the Arab Palestinians "agreed" to Israel's continued authority to exercise its powers and responsibilities with regard to internal security and public order, as well as other civil affairs issues.

AGAIN: the Arab Palestinians have not once. engaged Article XXI mediation for cause.

ARTICLE XXI
Settlement of Differences and Disputes Any difference relating to the application of this Agreement shall be referred to the appropriate coordination and cooperation mechanism established under this Agreement. The provisions of Article XV of the DOP shall apply to any such difference which is not settled through the appropriate coordination and cooperation mechanism, namely:

1. Disputes arising out of the application or interpretation of this Agreement or any related agreements pertaining to the interim period shall be settled through the Liaison Committee.
   
   
2. Disputes which cannot be settled by negotiations may be settled by a mechanism of conciliation to be agreed between the Parties.
   
   
3. The Parties may agree to submit to arbitration disputes relating to the interim period, which cannot be settled through conciliation. To this end, upon the agreement of both Parties, the Parties will establish an Arbitration Committee.

IF the Arab Palestinian does not work within the agreed upon framework THEN tey have no room to complain. There are means to a solution for each and every problem problem the Arab Palestinian claims. YET, there is no record of an attempt to mediate the dispute. That tells you something about the character and moral fiber of the Arab Palestinian.

Most Respectfully,
R