In early June, during the month of Ramadan, the Israeli water company,
Mekorot, cut back water supply to several Palestinian communities in the
northern West Bank, including the village of Salem, which is located
east of Nablus and has a population of about 5,000. These communities
suffered from an acute water shortage throughout the summer, and
continue to suffer from it today. Israel has exclusive control over the
supply of water to the entire West Bank, and the amount of water it
supplies to Palestinians falls short of the minimum recommended by the
World Health Organization, and far short of the amount supplied to
Israelis. In this video, Rand ‘Awad, 43, married mother of three, speaks
about living with a water shortage and the many difficulties caused by
the recent cutback.