Rabbi Calls for Poisoning of Palestinian Water Supply
Global
Research, June 21, 2017
IMEMC News 19 June 2017
The
foreign ministry of the Palestinian Authority (PA), Sunday, demanded the arrest
of a Jewish Rabbi, who called on Israeli settlers to poison water used by
Palestinians in hundreds of towns and villages across the occupied West Bank.
The Palestinian national office for the
defense of land and resistance of settlements warned of the dangers and
consequences of such calls.
In its weekly report, it explained that
Rabbi Shlomo Mlmad, the chairman of
the so-called Council of Rabbis in West Bank settlements, called on settlers to
poison Palestinians through their water supply, which came to light by the
Israeli organization ‘Breaking the Silence’.
Group member Yehuda Shaul said, according to WAFA, that the aim behind poisoning
water in the West Bank is to push Palestinians out of their towns and cities in
order to allow settlers to take over Palestinian lands.
The ministry of foreign affairs said,
in a press release, that Palestinians have grown used to Israelis stealing from
their water sources then selling it back to them. Recently, Israeli authorities cut off water supplies from
the northern cities of the West Bank during the hottest days of the month of
Ramadan, when Muslims fast from sunrise till sunset.
While Israel continues to pose multiple
restrictions on Palestinians who try to dig water wells, this call by Rabbi
Mlmad is considered a crime against humanity because it targets humans,
animals, crops and all forms of life in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt).
The ministry held the Israeli
government fully responsible for the consequences of such calls. It demanded
the arrest of the Rabbi for inciting murder, and the enforcement of necessary
procedures to protect Palestinians from individuals who might attempt to poison
water sources.
“What is the international community
waiting for to interfere; the death of thousands of Palestinians of thirst? To
meet such incident with silence and ignore the war Israel is waging against
Palestinians is a cause of shame for the international community.”
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