Petition Seeks to Bring Water to Gaza Residents

Effort is targeted toward Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak and sponsored by Care2.

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(NEW YORK ) - According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), more than 10,000 Gaza residents do not have water taps anywhere near their homes. On top of this, about 60 percent of Gaza residents do not have reliable access to water at all.

After the Hamas takeover of Gaza in 2007, Israel imposed sanctions against border crossings and materials exchanges across the borders. Israel officials say these sanctions are imposed in order to meet the humanitarian needs of the residents of Gaza.

But now, those basic needs of the residents of Gaza are being grossly neglected. Gaza, one of the most densely populated areas in the world, is dealing with a crisis of food security, shelter, energy and education. But perhaps most critical is the unavailability of water to Gaza residents, and the critical need for materials to repair water and sanitation services.

Urge Israeli officials to loosen the sanctions on Gaza to allow passage of materials for repairing and building water sanitation facilities. Clean water is essential to life, and a humanitarian effort that neglects this fact is no effort at all.

Petition drive to: Bring Water to Gaza Residents!