Early in the morning, on our way, opposite Beqa’ot settlement, we saw a large group of soldiers, two buggers, a D9 bulldozer, and more vehicles and people near the closed gate (closed since the terrorist attack several years ago). We noted that something was going to take place and continued on our way.
At mid-day we had already reached Samra and took one of the residents to Ein al Beda to buy things for the Ramadan. On our way back, the entrance road was blocked by a large truck. Soldiers stopped us and said the road was closed for at least an hour because a checkpoint was built at the entrance to the village. There were other cars beside ours. One of the drivers told us to follow it. We found an alternative road to exit the village and later in the day we found out that rapid building was begun today of the road that would forever separate the Jordan Valley from the West Bank.

On the map here, the red line is the new road, cutting the Valley from Shibli in the south to Tayasir in the north. Whoever lives east of it is destined to be expelled to the west. Ethnically cleansing the Jordan Valley of its Arab residents. Then the Valley would be annexed to Israel. The outposts erected lately do not appear on this map. Near Hadidiya, Tayasir, and above Samra – and not all the yellow spots were expelled. Shaul Arielli’s post on Facebook.

In short, the Palestinians in the Jordan Valley are living in hell. As Oded told me today, the evil ones always win out. Here, the evil soldiers like this jeep’s force, who dragged the Fawzi family’s solar panels, left them smiling and with little electricity.

Pictures arrived of building checkpoints at the entrance to Bardala and Kardala, two localities in the northern Palestinian Jordan Valley. Now there are gates all over. The entire West Bank has become a closed military zone. All the villages are closed. The pictures say it all. Nothing left to say.
The rest is not that important. We had a heart warming Iftar (festive meal breaking the fast) with a family at Samra. Faith makes one strong, the family makes us stronger, we try to strengthen as much as we can, and how important this is at this time… Allah hu akbar.
At night you can see the stars, the Big and Little Dipper. The North Star. Only, where is it, and where is North.

I want to raise 20,000 ILS to help re-establish the solar panels. If anyone would like to help, it would be very kind of them. It can be sent to my ‘bit’.
This refers to a family that wanted to leave a week ago, and we are trying to help as much as possible so they stay. The ravaged fields and the destruction of the panels occurred after the decision to leave. In the meantime, they are still here.