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I don't even... how do you prevent that?
The usual way?
What's the usual way of stopping someone from collecting rain water?
Fines/violence, usually.
It's actually not uncommon to have laws that restrict gathering rain water in many places. Lots of US states do as well. If water is collected locally on a mass scale, it messes with water tables/rivers/lakes/etc.
Forbidding it when a place doesnt have otherwise dependable water infastructure is inhuman however.
I imagine the ban on rainwater collection is from before the war, and I imagine there are similar laws in Israel.
There’s lots to be mad at the Israelis for doing. We don’t need to make things up. This article on water in Gaza makes a good point:
As soon as I saw it the post, I was like guaranteed its going to be Area C.
Everything messes with them. EVERYTHING. Mostly wells.
Killing them