The Mideast Conflict Rages over Water, Too. West Bank Palestinians are suffering a serious water shortage this year as a severe drought exacerbates supply problems, [Shadad Ateli,] head of the Palestinian Water Authority said Sunday... Since mid-May, many Palestinians have been going without water for hours, and sometimes days at a time, [he said,] as a regional drought enters its fifth year. He called on Israel, which controls some 90% of water sources in the West Bank to rethink its water policies... [while] Uri Shani, spokesman for Israel's Water Authority, says Palestinians are receiving more water than their agreed share under an interim peace deal. The drought has affected Israel as well, with fresh water supplies below their acceptable minimum, but there have been no cases of community water supplies being cut off."
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