Water is being weaponized in the West Bank

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Subject: Water is being weaponized in the West Bank

Dear Friend,

In the West Bank, water is weaponized.

Israelis settlers in the West Bank, consume up to 10 times more water than Palestinians. This isn’t simply about scarcity, it’s about control. And for Palestinian farming families, it means every day is a struggle to hold onto their land, their crops, and their dignity.

In the northern Jordan Valley village of Bardala, one Palestinian farmer wakes each morning knowing his life’s work may be destroyed before nightfall. He grows peppers, melons, and grapes. But settlers descend on his fields with guns. They slash his drip irrigation lines so his plants will wither. They destroy his tanks and drive their cows through his crops, trampling months of labor in minutes.

He cannot even step onto his own land without risking his life.

Pictured above: Settlers have slashed the drip irrigation pipes of the Palestinian farmer in Bardala. Also shown is the daily struggle to get water—often three trips a day. Each journey means passing through checkpoints that hold farmers for hours, wasting entire days simply trying to bring water home.

Another farmer, Muhamed, shared through tears at a recent seminar that every morning before he leaves for his fields, he says goodbye to his wife and children as though it might be the last time. This is because of the settlers. “Each day I fear I will not come home alive,” he told Palestinian and Israeli activists who stood with him. CfP activists Jamil and Sayel were there, and the weight of that daily fear hung heavy among everyone present.

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Our activists are standing with these farmers week after week, so they are not left alone in the face of violence. As Israeli activist Elie put it: “The farmers are holding on with unimaginable courage. Our role is to stand beside them so they never have to face this violence alone.”

That commitment runs deep across the movement. On Friday, August 15th, students from the fifth cohort of CfP’s Palestinian Freedom School delivered two water tanks to the village of Al-Walajeh, taking action to help ensure families have what they need to persist.

And yet, even as CfP delivers water and provides protection, CfP’s Palestinian activists endure deprivation in their own homes. Sayel, our Palestinian campaigns coordinator who lives in Ramallah, is supposed to receive water twice a week. But last Thursday, nothing came. His family’s tanks are empty. They cannot cook or shower, and must spend what little they have on bottled water.

This is no accident. It is part of a systematic strategy to drive Palestinians from their land. Your gift helps us resist this plan. It helps CfP sustain efforts like delivering water tanks, subsidizing the purchase of water delivered by truck, cleaning cisterns, and standing shoulder-to-shoulder with communities determined to stay on their land.

With your support, farmers in Bardala and families across the West Bank will not be left to fight this war of survival alone. If you’ve already given, thank you so much. We ask that you share this campaign with a friend who may also want to stand in solidarity.

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Subject: Water is being weaponized in the West Bank