The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) on Tuesday threatened to demolish structures used to protect spring water against contamination to the east of the Palestinian town of Barta’a which is isolated by Israel’s separation wall in the south of Jenin city.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that employees from the Israeli water authority escorted by Israeli troops stormed al-Nab’ah area in the town and threatened to remove structures used at the site to protect the spring.
Barta’a Cooperative Association for Drinking Water and Lighting had carried out a project to protect the spring from the wastewater that comes from Katzir settlement which was built illegally on annexed land in the area.
Al-Nab’ah area is considered the main water supply to Barta’a but Israel prevents the locals from establishing any water project in Area C of the West Bank and removes any related structures at the pretext of unlicensed construction.
