Palestinian Flora And Fauna Severely Damaged by Israel Sewage Disposal

Salfit, 14 Jumadil Akhir 1438/13 March 2017 (MINA) – A trip was staged on Monday by the Haris Secondary School in northern Salfit so as to keep tabs on the damage wrought by Israel’s sewage disposal pouring into Palestinian springs and valleys.

Participants in the tour, accompanied by the school headmistress and an instructor, headed to Wadi al-Matwi (al-Matwi Valley), west of Salfit and other areas that have been terribly tainted by sewage waste spilling from Israeli settlement outposts and factories built on Palestinian lands in Salfit.

Researcher Khaled Maali delivered an oral presentation on the tragic fallouts of sewage waste, mingled with industrial chemicals, pouring into Palestinian springs and streams.

Untreated Israeli sewage disposal forced dozens of farmers out of their own and only lands, Maali explained, the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) reported.

“Al-Matwi Valley, which had been one of Salfit’s natural masterpieces and a spring of prolific agricultural output, has been turned into a source of epidemics, infectious diseases, and stench,” the researcher added.

Maali warned of Israel’s nature protection pretexts and called on the concerned national and international environment institutions to pop in Salfit so as to scrutinize the damage and take urgent action as regards Israel’s systematic intoxication of Palestinian environment and natural scenery.(T/R04/RS5)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)