1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,640 I'm about to blow your mind. See, I don't care where you land on this issue, but if you're a 2 00:00:03,640 --> 00:00:08,180 human being, like a fucking human being, right? Hang with me for one second. So as soon as I heard 3 00:00:08,180 --> 00:00:12,580 that Israel cut off Palestine's water, my first thought was who the fuck cuts off water to millions 4 00:00:12,580 --> 00:00:17,540 of children and civilians during a time of war? What kind of a barbaric act is that? And my second 5 00:00:17,540 --> 00:00:21,980 thought was, wait, why the fuck does Israel control Palestine's water? And a research got me to this 6 00:00:21,980 --> 00:00:27,600 fucking article by Amnesty International titled The Occupation of Water, all right? Soon after 7 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:31,360 Israel occupied the West Bank, including East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip, the Israeli military 8 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:35,740 authorities consolidated complete power over all water resources and water-related infrastructure 9 00:00:35,740 --> 00:00:40,260 in the occupied Palestinian territories, OPT. And I know what you're thinking, well, they took over 10 00:00:40,260 --> 00:00:44,980 existing infrastructure, so build some new ones. Israeli Military Order 158 stated that Palestinians 11 00:00:44,980 --> 00:00:48,780 could not construct any new water installation without first obtaining a permit from the Israeli 12 00:00:48,780 --> 00:00:53,000 army. Since then, the extraction of water from any new source, the development of any new water, 13 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:57,160 water, fucking water, infrastructure would require permits from Israel, which are near impossible 14 00:00:57,160 --> 00:01:02,040 to obtain. It gets fucking better. They are unable to drill new water wells, install pumps, or deepen 15 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:06,520 existing wells, in addition to being denied access to the Jordan River, right? Israel even controls 16 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:10,920 the collection of rainwater throughout most of the West Bank, and rainwater harvesting cisterns owned by 17 00:01:10,920 --> 00:01:16,600 Palestinian communities are often destroyed by the Israeli army. As a result, some 180 Palestinian 18 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:20,680 communities in rural areas in the occupied West Bank have no access to running water. They don't have 19 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:24,680 access to fucking running water, bro. What the fuck is going on here? Because the resulting disparity in 20 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:29,080 access to water between Israelis and Palestinians is truly staggering. Water consumption by Israelis 21 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:34,360 is at least four times that of Palestinians living in the OPT. Palestinians consume an average of 73 22 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:38,680 liters of water per day per person, which is well below the World Health Organization's recommended 23 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:44,520 daily minimum, minimum, motherfucking minimum. In rural areas, it's as low as 20 liters per person per day. 24 00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:49,560 And how much water do you Israeli drink? Sure, I'll tell you. By contrast, an average Israeli consumes 25 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:55,080 approximately 300 liters of water per day. You see, we talk a lot about values, but let me tell you 26 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:59,800 something about American values. If I took my fucking dog to a restaurant right now, the server or the 27 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:04,120 owner on their own dime would bring out a cup of water for a stranger's fucking dog. For a stranger's 28 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:09,160 fucking dog. This isn't during wartime. This is status quo. What kind of an insidious, 29 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:16,120 fucking sick, fucking government will make it a point to make sure, intentionally, that an entire 30 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:22,680 population stays thirsty. People out here talking about freedom, voting rights, passports, airplanes, 31 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:28,920 can I get medical? Can I get education? Fucking water. You intentionally deprive a large group of 32 00:02:28,920 --> 00:02:36,360 people from having water. You are dehydrating children, fucking intentionally. Who the fuck, 33 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:42,360 what is going on here? So that's why you got to make shit up about Palestinians, 34 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:49,080 to match the insidious nature of the way that you're treating them. That's fucking disgusting. This is status quo. 35 00:02:52,920 --> 00:02:53,320 Water.