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Water Crisis Exists in Gaza "With current, desperate conditions
and the violence that has caused severe damage to Palestinian
infrastructure why should Palestinians have to pay for a natural
resource that should already be available to them?" Gaza has a
water crisis. Most people in the international community do not
know the details as to why it exists and the root causes of the
resource deficiency. For the more than 1.4 million Palestinians
who live in Gaza water shortages and water deterioration affects
their health. Moreover, the water crisis creates agricultural,
economic, social, and political instabilities that have regional
ramifications. Most of the existing problems are a direct and
indirect result of Israeli policy. If the resource inequalities
are not rectified soon, the Middle East will be facing an
irreversible human and environmental disaster. Water Resources,
Consumption and Distribution – Facts and Figures Gaza has a sub-
Aquifer, whi