Controlling the supply, distribution, and cost of water to an occupied people is apartheid in action. Israel, through legal and illegal means, maintains near-complete control over the region’s freshwater aquifers, severely restricting Palestinians’ abilities to drill wells, install pumps, build water tanks, or even collect rainwater. The average Israeli consumes over 3 times the water used by Palestinian on the water grid in the West Bank (9 times the water used by those off the grid). West Bank Palestinians pay 1/3 or more of their income to Israeli companies for drinking water. Meanwhile, Gazans are now consuming less than 3 liters per day—hardly enough for survival.
VFHL offers three short videos describing the “hydropolitics” and structural water apartheid in the Holy Land. Our panel discussion will explore designed inequalities in water distribution; the physical, economic and regulatory controls; as well as the ecological problems of pollution and over-extraction
Watch the videos for free at your convenience; Join the Q&A Discussion with:
Nancy Murray–Co-founder of Alliance for Water Justice in Palestine
Mazin Qumsiyeh–Director of the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability
Eyal Hareuveni–Author, Parched: Israel's Policy of Water Deprivation in the West Bank
Jeff Halper (Moderator) - Israeli-American anthropologist, author, lecturer, and political activist; founder of Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD)
Watch the Trailer: Tinyurl.com/VFHL-March2024Trailer
How this will work:
1 - Register here for the Voices from the Holy Land Online Film Salon:
Tinyurl.com/VFHL-March2024
2 – Once you register, you will get a confirmation email from Zoom with a link to the meeting and a link with to watch the film. (Save this confirmation letter as the meeting link is unique to your email and you must have this to participate.)
3 - Watch the film at your convenience before the event. Then join us with your thoughts and questions for our speakers at the Q&A Discussion on Sunday February 18, 2024 at 3 pm ET/ 12 noon PT.
Please share this announcement with your friends, family, and community. Download the event flyer and post it to your social media.
Download the event flyer here. (Download the jpg version here)
Download information about the Panelists and moderator here. (Download the jpg version here)
Don't forget to watch recordings of previous Online Film Salon recordings in their entirety here, including for the January 21, 2023 Online Film Salon on Israelism. An article in the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs on the December Salon can be found here. Also read an article on the November 2023 Salon on Marketing the Occupation – Part Two: Media and the Palestine Problem in the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs. Here is an article on the July Salon on My Tree in Mondoweiss here.
The March 2024 VFHL Online Film Salon is co-sponsored by
Alliance for Water Justice in Palestine
Progressive Workers Union - Palestine Solidarity Group
SUPPORTER Organizations:: Israel/Palestine Mission Network of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) ♦ Palestinian Christian Alliance for Peace ♦ Quaker Palestine Israel Network ♦ Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East ♦ Indiana Center for Middle East Peace ♦ Disciples of Christ Palestine-Israel Network ♦ Virginia Coalition for Human Rights ♦ Mennonite Palestine Israel Network ♦ Friends of Sabeel North America ♦ Center for Jewish Nonviolence ♦ Episcopal Peace Fellowship Palestine Israel Network ♦ Northern New Jersey Jewish Voice for Peace ♦ United Church of Christ Palestine Israel Network ♦ Pace e Bene Nonviolence Service ♦ Churches for Middle East Peace ♦ Kairos Puget Sound Coalition ♦ Pax Christi USA ♦ Jewish Voice for Peace – San Diego ♦
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