They cannot so much as dig a well for desperately needed water without Israeli military permission
A lie. This is not true in areas run by the PA. Check it out! Pallies are responsible for their own water in those areas.
According to Israeli sources the Palestinians have dug 1400 "illegal" shallow wells because of their water pipes are cut of all but a few hours a day for a couple of days a week.
The shallow wells pick up pollutant ground-water run-off and that water eventually makes its way back to the aquifers in the Jordan Basin.