BETHLEHEM, (The Palestine Information Centre)Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank dumped on Saturday morning their wastewater into Palestinian agricultural lands in western Bethlehem, causing large-scale air, water, and soil pollution.
According to local official Hasan Berejiya, settlers from the illegal settlement of Beitar Illit opened sewage drains and flooded swaths of Palestinian-owned land in Nahalin town, damaging dozens of dunums of land planted with different types of crops.
The affected area also includes a water spring, Berejiya pointed out.
Different Jewish settlements in the West Bank have been pumping their sewage directly into nearby Palestinian towns and villages for years, creating a dangerous and unhealthy situation for local residents and contaminating soil, groundwater, and crops.
