Water deal reached between Israel and Palestinians

Israel’s Coordinator of Government Activity in the Territories (COGAT) signed an agreement with the Palestinian Authority’s Minister of Civil Affairs on Sunday to renew the activity of the Joint Water Committee.

The Israeli, Maj. Gen. Yoav Mordechai, and the Palestinian, Hussein al-Sheikh, brought to the signing the heads of their respective water authorities. The agreement seeks to establish a framework for the convening of the JWC under the 1995 Interim Agreement, part of the Oslo Accords. One of the goals is to improve and modernize the West Bank water infrastructure, which is essential to the fabric of normal life for those who live there.

 

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