Palestinian Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayeh noted during the inauguration of several water network projects in the cities of Marda, Deir Istiya, Kira and Haris in the province of Salfit that they are “among the projects implemented in various provinces worth 37 million shekels, financed by the state treasury for the water sector”. Water is an essential element in irrigation and in building the resilience of citizens.”

He stressed that “Salfit Governorate is under an unprecedented attack on settlements and our strategy, in accordance with the directives of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, is to strengthen the resilience of our people and counter this attack on settlements, not only at the political level in international forums, but also in places”. That “settlement expansion is a systematic theft of Palestinian lands and a systematic action to prevent the establishment of our Palestinian state, and our goal is to build the resilience of our people in a way that supports a two-state solution and our lands are under our control and sovereignty “.

Steye pointed out that “the resilience of our people is the main element in defeating occupation and settlement”, noting that “occupation is not only stealing our water, but also stealing the lives of our children, and stealing the light of freedom from the eyes of our prisoners in occupation prisons who defeated the prison administration.”