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Corona Report: In a legal intervention, the army removed a blockage erected in the Jordan Valley

Place: Jordan Valley
Tags: Updates during Corona
Observers: Sharon Gamzo submits a telephone report
Mar-26-2020
| Afternoon
El Parisier: Military bulldozer lowers blockade set up yesterday, with legal intervention
El Parisier: Military bulldozer lowers blockade set up yesterday, with legal intervention
Photo: A Palestinian resident

Phone Report in times of Corona:

It took legal intervention for the Israeli army to remove a roadblock in the Palestinian Jordan Valley

March 26, 2020
Sharon Gamzo

We heard today that the barrier blocking the track to the Al Farisiya shepherd community in the northern Palestinian Jordan Valley, that we reported March 23, has been removed. I turned to Attorney Eitay Mack who lodged a complaint with the Chief Army Attorney. Today a military bulldozer arrived and took down the dirt pile it had put up there three days ago. Only by intervention of legal elements did the army go back on its deed and retract. Note that this road blockage denied dozens of children, women, men and the elderly access to the main road by which they could travel to the nearby large village or town to purchase food, see a doctor.

The pressure we exert is significant, and should be continued.

Good days’ wishes…

 

 

  • 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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