Jordan Valley: Abuse of Palestinians causes them mental disorders
We arrived at the northern Jordan Valley at 07:30 and divided ourselves into teams. Two escorts remained with the car for protection in case of emergency in El Farisiya. Two other escorts went out to the pasture with N. The time with the flocks in the pasture passed without incidents and continued until 2:00 PM> The shepherds currently do not cross the road because they don’t wish to confront the army who arrest them for several hours. They prefer to utilize the grass on the west side of the road.
The herd of cows belonging to Neriya the settler were grazing on N.’s field, but N. refused to call the police because he felt they would not come anyway, and if they called the army they would detain him for several hours, forcing him to leave his herd in the pasture without supervision for several hours.
Two volunteers in Ein El Hilweh two escorts accompanied F.’s herd, crossed the road, and continued on to accompany M. who has a herd of cows. After two hours of quiet they saw the ATV belonging to the settlers from a distance. M. who had been badly beaten two weeks ago and had to be taken to the hospital by the Red Cross. He is now suffering from post – trauma. He began to scream and ran away. At the time there was no trouble in the field. The escorts remained and attempted to gather the herd and return them to the corral. It was a difficult task for them since they were inexperienced at herding cows and lost their way. They were unable to reach the other escorts by phone. We contacted the family and asked them to send their sisters or the father, but the sisters claimed they were afraid of the settlers. The father drove out on his tractor and found the herd and one of the volunteers. The other returned by herself and everyone returned home to Farsiya safely.
At 3:00 PM some of the escorts returned home. We received a call from Y informing us that settlers were wandering about his community and were vandalizing the water tanks. We hurried there and saw that settlers from Asatel’s illegal outpost were threatening Y. and claimed that he had stolen a calf from them. They opened several faucets on the water tanks and water was lost. until the shepherds managed to close them. At 5:00 we had to leave in order to guard Farsiya. After that things remained quiet until morning. There is never a dull moment in the valley. Four days later a new illegal outpost was set up near Y. The hilltop boys and settlers received permission to pass by Y.s home and Y. is considering leaving. This is how the settlers and local authorities are attempting to enact a quiet transfer of the local Palestinian population. We are attempting to discourage this and hope that there will be a change for the better..
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'Ein al-Hilwe
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'Ein al-Hilwe
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Al-Farisiya / 'Ein a-sakut
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Al-Farisiya / 'Ein a-sakutA community of shepherds in the Jordan Valley opposite the settlement of "Rotem". Making a living from grazing sheep, the residents are exposed to harassment, abuse and theft from settlers who come to them from outposts and settlements in the area, and their grazing area is shrinking due to settler takeovers, fire zones and declared nature reserves.Machsom Watch companies participate in shepherd escort activities and provide a 24/7 protective presence, and there is continuous and warm contact with the community.
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Jordan Valley
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Jordan Valley The Jordan Valley is the eastern strip of the West Bank. Its area consists of almost a third of the West Bank area. About 10,000 settlers live there, about 65,000 Palestinian residents in the villages and towns. In addition, about 15,000 are scattered in small shepherd communities. These communities are living in severe distress because of two types of harassment: the military declaring some of their living areas, as fire zones, evicting them for long hours from their residence to the scorching heat of the summer and the bitter cold of the winter. The other type is abuse by rioters who cling to the grazing areas of the shepherd communities, and the declared fire areas (without being deported). The many groundwaters in the Jordan Valley belong to Mekorot and are not available to Palestinians living in the Jordan Valley. The Palestinians bring water to their needs in high-cost followers.
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