Israelis complain about Gaza sewage flooding settlements

Israeli Jewish settlers on the periphery of the Gaza Strip have complained to the defence minister about waste water from Gaza flooding their settlements, Quds Press reported on Friday.

The Head of the Regional Settlement Council of Jewish settlements, Yair Ferjon, sent a letter to right-wing extremist Avigdor Lieberman and Environment Minister Ze’ev Elkin, warning of an imminent environmental disaster in the area due to the flooding caused by untreated sewage from Gaza.

The settlers’ leader pointed out that the reason for this flood of sewage in the settlements is the cut in electricity supplied to the besieged territory.

“Sewage started flooding towards the settlements through Beit Hanoun Valley in the north of the Gaza Strip,” Ferjon wrote, noting that this has happened since the electricity crisis began. He pointed out that West Nile Fever is one of the diseases which threatening residents in the area. Although pumps have been used by the settlers to try divert the sewage, it is not a long-term solution, he added.

The Israeli cabinet decided to cut electricity supplies to Gaza after the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority in Ramallah made a request to this effect a couple of weeks ago.