Accompanying shepherds in the Jordan Valley
We started west of the Rotem settlement, up to the fence of the Shadmot Mehola settlement, then back.
This time the sheep practically nibbled at the fence of the settlement. It may have been a retributive challenge to the person in charge of security in the settlement, who at the time removed 10 goats from the herd, just because he felt like it.
The flock runs back and forth, food is scarce.
From a distance I see that the shepherd settler in the high area “hosted” three armed guests on the hills. He immediately photographed us and they left.
The guests are representatives of the settler, serving a noble cause – reducing the Palestinian shepherd’s grazing area as much as possible. Not because of any shortage of grazing land, there is plenty of that, they just feel like it … with the support of the sovereign institutions.
I will return tomorrow up the hills to find out which of his men the settler will send to us.
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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