THREAD: While Israel greenwashes its image and portrays itself as environmentally-aware, the truth is that it is actively harming the Palestinian landscape and environment, affecting every aspect of Palestinian life. #EarthDay #EarthDay22
Israel’s land theft in the occupied West Bank is a prime example of climate injustice. Israel destroys the natural landscape, building illegal settlements on Palestinian farmland. Water springs on the land are dried up, harming life and agricultural production.
Israel relies on unsustainable agricultural and water use practices that depend upon the exploitation of Palestinians’ land and water. These practices directly contribute to climate change in the region. mondoweiss.net/2019/12/palest…
Israeli soldiers and settler also target Palestinian olive groves, uprooting hundreds of thousands of olive trees native to the land. Olive trees are long-living, slow-growing, and drought-resistant, central to the ecology of Palestinian land.
Israel steals Palestinian water, rerouting it to illegal Israeli settlements, then dumps settler sewage without care, contaminating Palestinians’ water supply. This is water apartheid, and it is part of Israel’s larger system of climate apartheid.
While illegal Israeli settlers enjoy free access to as much Palestinian water as they like—to irrigate crops, water lawns, fill swimming pools—Palestinians are forced to suffer from severe water shortages.
In Gaza, Israel’s blockade has exacerbated the shortage of water. Palestinians cannot get the materials and fuel necessary for wastewater treatment, and as a result, sewage flows untreated in Gaza’s waters, damaging local life and health.
Israel also prevents Palestinians in Gaza from using 20% of their arable land, and sprays harmful herbicides on the remaining farmland. forensic-architecture.org/investigation/…
In addition to harming the land and water, Israeli settlers and soldiers regularly destroy Palestinian renewable energy infrastructure.
https://twitter.com/Barahmeh/status/1443203415421640708?s=20&t=Quslqamplz97z3VFB3vKhQ
Don’t let Israel’s attempts to greenwash its image fool you. Israel is actively destroying the land and environment and exacerbating climate change.
Climate justice is incomplete without justice for Palestinians.
Climate justice is incomplete without justice for Palestinians.
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