West Bank Israeli settlers Palestinian water use

Some West Bank settlers use far more water per person

Up To 20×

In parts of the West Bank, Israeli settlers use up to 20 times as much water per person as nearby Palestinian communities. Those communities get about 20 liters per person each day, the World Health Organization’s minimum for emergency response.

The same harvest once would have needed almost four times as much land

Nearly 4× As Much Land

With the average crop yields of 1900, producing the amount of food harvested in 2000 would have required almost four times as much land. It would have taken nearly half of Earth's ice-free land instead of less than 15%. Synthetic nitrogen fertilizer was a major reason yields rose.

The money in your bank account legally belongs to the bank

When you deposit money in an ordinary bank account, you generally become a creditor of the bank rather than the owner of particular notes stored for safekeeping. The bank owes you the account balance and can use deposited funds within banking rules. Your balance is a claim against the bank, not a labeled pile of cash waiting in a vault.

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West Bank Israeli settlers Palestinian water use

Some West Bank settlers use far more water per person

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