Settlers of the Jordan Valley Hills: "It's all ours," meaning they are looting, raping, and taking over.
It’s a rainy day and the valley begins to take on a green tone. Slowly.
We are on a protective presence day at Farisiya.
We stopped at Ein Hilwa, Q.s compound still contains much rubble. One does not hurry to clean up and rebuild.
We continued to Farisiya. It is cold and a bit rainy, but work is ongoing. Every day a cart arrives filled with corn tusks as sheep feed. The residents cook the corn for themselves. We spend the day conversing with them all. The atmosphere today is good.
Last night, a colonist and his helper arrived and plowed Palestinian-owned land on the hill. Policemen were summoned and came and nothing changed. They do one a favor by even arriving. It is not clear why they come at all. They ask to see ownership documents of the land. There are, but then the Palestinians are told that those documents are unnecessary for the land is “ours” (the Zionist enterprise’s).
I am mixing two separate incidents here but the idea is the same. The colonists now say unabashedly, everywhere, that the land is theirs. The ownership documents no longer interest them.
At En Hilwa we met the Palestinians in the midst of speaking with one of the colonists from the new outpost over the Hamam, repeating the same thing. He sees a document but this does not really interest him. The land is “ours”. Pack up and go.
Yesterday, at home, I was called by a Palestinian from Al Hadidiya who said the colonist came at night and tore off the nylon that covers the barley of one of the shepherds. Naturally the barley got all wet, became valueless and as long as it does not dry out, it will not be edible. A large sum of money goes down the drain.
I drove the three B. brothers to En Beda, to purchase barley seeds for sowing after the rain. There were no outstanding events. Rain is good against colonists…
And here too, a pair of ducks ignored the troubles of the occupation and performed the courtship dance for their own enjoyment.
Location Description
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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