Palestinians Get Thirstier Under Israeli Clampdown

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AL-DHAHRIYEH (Reuters) - The Khabirat family postpones having a bath as they await the next water tanker to replenish their well in parched Palestinian territory under Israeli blockade.

The tanker driver has to sneak a hose through a tunnel under a highway reserved for Israeli traffic to access his well on the other side, then take long detours on atrocious back roads to reach homes like the Khabirats'.

Palestinians, especially in the arid southern West Bank, ration and improvise to offset water shortages aggravated by Israel's closure of their area, imposed after suicide bombings.

http://asia.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=ourWorldNews&storyID=3209807

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1. Is that what

* called "Smoking them out?"

Apparently Israel knows exactly what to do to drain the Palestinians' life force: The fertile land, freedom of movement, freedom of assembly, freedom of speech, water, food - Exactly how much can you take away from a people before they give up?

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2. They won't give up.