It's scorching hot in the West Bank & Palestinians don't have enough water.
Taps run dry in cities. Farmers can't dig wells.
Jewish settlements are paradise in contrast. Rights groups say water access helps Israel expand control over disputed land.
Isabel DeBre
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Southern Cone correspondent/former Mideast for the @AP
- 'It's a curse to be a parent in Gaza' The war has killed 2,000 Palestinians under 12 Newborn twins. A girl obsessed w classic Iraqi poetry. A Christian child who felt safe in his church. An aspiring war correspondent Here's a look at a few of the killed
- In a Ramallah cafe, some cheered as they watched South Africa’s justice minister expound on the decades-long "systematic oppression" of Palestinians Others wept Palestinians that felt forgotten by world powers hailed the hearing as a watershed moment
- Gaza's medics trek by foot to bombed houses b/c streets are ravaged They dig with bare hands b/c they don't have machinery Cut off from internet, they can't speak to loved ones Israeli strikes have killed 23 medics so far, incl 7 Monday at their HQ
- Israel has rounded up hundreds of Palestinians across northern Gaza Released detainees say troops separated families, forced men to strip to their underwear then trucked them to a detention camp on the beach They spent hours or days cold, hungry, thirsty apnews.com/article/0ecbc3…
- Situation in Gaza under siege is extreme Israel cut off its water supply to Gaza Now nothing comes out of taps It’s hard to find bottled water in stores People are drinking dirty water and getting sick Many say they urinate once a day or every 2 days
- Israel quietly armed Azerbaijan before it recaptured Nagorno-Karabakh. Military cargo flights flew between Israeli & Azerbaijani airbases, upsetting Armenian diplomats. “It's a major concern that Israeli weapons have been firing at our people." apnews.com/article/armeni…
- The only thing worse than the screams of a patient undergoing surgery without enough anesthesia are the terror-stricken faces of those awaiting their turn, a 51-year-old orthopedic surgeon in Gaza tells me apnews.com/article/63d00d…
- EXPLAINER: Who's the Swedish doctor facing execution in Iran? (from @AP) Vida Mehrannia is trying to save her husband’s life. Iran is scheduled to put him to death within nine days. “It’s a nightmare,” she said. “They want to sacrifice my husband.” apnews.com/article/fca966…
- A story about high fuel prices in the UAE unleashed a crisis at state-linked newspaper in Dubai. Within days, top editors were interrogated. Within weeks, dozens of employees were fired and the print paper declared dissolved.
- There's a whole world of Hamas tunnels beneath Gaza What's it like to fight there? Experts say: Claustrophobic. Terrifying. Challenging. “I usually say it’s like walking down the street waiting to get punched in the face" W/the great @jongambrellAP
- Israel's demand that 1 million Palestinians in Gaza flee south immediately has paralyzed families Should they risk their lives & flee? Or risk their lives & stay? Saeb al-Jarz, 27, doesn't know. "I just really, really want to live," he told me
- Food-delivery workers protesting meager pay and inadequate protections have walked off the job across Dubai, marking the second strike in as many weeks in an emirate that outlaws dissent.
- Over a dozen unmarried women huddled in a jail cell south of Dubai last year, locked up for the crime of giving birth, when a guard entered and declared them free. One year later, many remain trapped in limbo as they fight for birth certificates.

