JERUSALEM, Oct. 27 (UPI) --
Israel's Water Authority says it wasn't consulted as part of critical report by Amnesty International on water allocation between Israelis and Palestinians.
Amnesty's report slammed Israel for taking 80 percent of the water from an underground aquifer that runs almost entirely beneath the West Bank and cited vast differences in daily water usage between the two communities, The Jerusalem Post reported Tuesday.
"Amnesty International calls on the Israeli authorities to urgently address the desperate need for water security in the (occupied territories), brought about by their violations of Palestinians' human rights," the report reads.
But the Post said the Water Authority vehemently disagrees with Amnesty's figures and says it wasn't given a chance to respond. Israeli National Infrastructures Minister Uzi Landau said the Amnesty report is one-sided, comparing it to that of the U.N.'s Goldstone Commission, which alleged Israeli human rights violations during the Gaza incursion.
"Similar to Goldstone, we have again encountered a report whose recommendations were a foregone conclusion," he said, adding that Israel done more than required under international agreements.
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