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Accompanying shepherds in the El Farsia, Jordan Valley
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Jordan Valley
Observers: Oded Alish, Hagar Gefen (photos and report)
7 a.m. – 2 p.m.
The grazing takes place on the hills, about 2 kilometers west of the shepherd’s home. This is where the shepherd turns to when he is accompanied.
Food here is abundant, and when we accompany him the settler-colonist is less frightening.
In the west is the winding spring, and the flock here may be watered in the morning and on the way home.
The shepherd is willing to remain alone or accompanied by his father around 2 p.m. For then he is near home and in a safe area, as far as he is concerned.
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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