Shit happened to jewish people. Israel is made up of zionists.
It’s an important distinction, which zionists want us to ignore.
the frustrating nauseating dance of “please don’t think I’m racist” has gotten even older over the past month
Fuck the Israeli government 100%, but it’s illegal to collect rainwater in certain US cities, too.
But nobody restricts your regular water supply to less than half of what is considered the bare minimum by the UN.
this is also the law in Los Angeles, for what its worth.
That’s so strange to me. Living in Australia, we face very similar periodic drought conditions that California faces as well. Rather than being discouraged from capturing rainwater to use, we’re actively encouraged to do so, with many governments previously offering subsidies for rainwater tanks particularly during drought times. We have specific colourings for rainwater taps (purple) and you can buy signs to put up in your yard that say that you use rainwater, so people don’t get mad if you’re watering your lawn. These subsidies were usually alongside heavy water restrictions including not being able to water lawns; not watering plants during daylight hours; not using a hose to wash your car (a pressure washer from a bucket is allowed) etc.
In Los Angeles foreigners don’t break your access to water infrastructure and call the army on you when you attempt to fix it.
LA county doesn’t divert the money and materials slated for water treatment plants on bombs and rockets like Hamas does either which is super helpful in getting water to citizens.
It’s illegal or highly fined in a lot of other countries as well. (Especially during dry seasons)
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That’s atrocious. In your own property, no one else is going to collect it. That’s different from maing huge pipes and drainage systems over the city, just collecting what would otherwise be on your driveway or patio.
It’s one of those things that sounds dumb at first glance, but actually has a lot of sound reasoning behind it, read up on it more if you’re interested
In other countries they don’t cut you off from water infrastructure either though. Context is important.
Israel provides 13% of water. Hamas is responsible for the rest. They just build bombs with the water pipes instead.
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Same for a lot of places.
Israel wouldn’t bother enforcing it when they can just blow up your house and say you’re Hamas.