The plan to build 570 residential units is being contested in a rare alliance between nature conservationists and the residents of Wadi Fukin
A plan to build a new neighborhood in the town of Tzur Hadassah, southwest of Jerusalem, is threatening the flow of water into springs used by farmers from the Palestinian village of Wadi Fukin, which is located nearby on the other side of the Green Line.
The Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel has begun a legal battle against the plan. The villagers are afraid that executing the plan would lead to a decline in the amount of water reaching the farmers.
