For them, the USAID sign only adds insult to injury. It’s not that they lack water, as USAID implies; it’s that the water has been stolen from them. And it has been stolen with US support. In 2012, just two months before my visit, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution 66/225, calling for the restoration of Palestinians’ rights to their own water. One hundred and sixty-seven nations voted in favour of the resolution. The United States and Israel voted against it.
