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| Israeli border police officers stand guard as construction vehicles destroy a man-made reservoir on a Palestinian farm near the West Bank city of Hebron, on 14 July 2010. According to a spokesperson for Israel's Civil Administration, the reservoir was destroyed as part of a routine law enforcement operation aimed at curbing the theft of water by Palestinians from surrounding communities. The phenomenon, according to Israel Water Authority, has already reached the proportions of a serious issue, Palestinians are connecting illegally to the supply lines of Mekorot and are causing a shortage in Hebron, Kiryat Arba, Yatta, and the surrounding villages. Water theft also costs the state of Israel millions of shekels every year. |
