Khalt Makhul: Rugs for the winter
With winter coming, the need for carpets arises. Everyone is getting ready for the cold. So, a carpet campaign got on the way, bringing many carpets from sated Israelis…
At Al Hadidiya and Khalat Makhoul every family received one. And more are expected. Thanks to Hadasa from Shefayim, Hagit’s sister, for enlisting to help.
A visit at the Hadidiya Kindergarten
A small kindergarten for a very small population. For all the girls (4) it’s the second year there, and we see a real change in their capabilities. They sing and recite and answer questions on various subjects according to their learning materials. So cute…
It’s always fun to visit the Odehs, see a family that organizes its life in harmony, a shared economy, shared work, three brothers living with their families and mother. I think I already wrote about this once, but no big deal. Once more of the same.
I’ve been trying to help them for a while now, to get the Civil Administration to permit them to gather the stubble from their own field, inside a firing zone. Since the army doesn’t answer, either way, there’s no other choice but to decide and do it, and we prepare ourselves for night work. For various reasons this hasn’t happened, but will tomorrow.
Their field is distant from home, south of demolished Humsa.
In Khalat Makhoul spirits are still stormy around the event of Najia and Uri’s cows. Tonight at 1 a.m. Israeli police came and asked about the Jews (Taayush) who would arrive. They said these people make trouble, better they not come.
I thought the Palestinians should get written explanations of their duties and rights vis a vis the Jewish authorities. Are they obliged to answer? And what is the difference between soldiers and police that enter their home in daytime or in the middle of the night? Anyone knows?
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.
May-10-2025A Shabbat treat for settlers: evicting Palestinian shepherds from their homes
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Khalet Makhul
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Khalet Makhul
A small settlement of a shepherd community located on the way to the settlement of Hemdat. Two nearby outposts make life miserable for the Palestinians, who make a living from grazing, and the army backs the settlers. As a result, the possible grazing areas are getting smaller.
The local children attend school in the settlement of Ein Al-Beida. Long lines of 3 hours sometimes stretch out at the Hamra and Tayasir checkpoints leading to the town of Tubas, making it difficult to get water, supplies, and sell the cheese, milk, and meat that the residents produce for their living.
Following a deadly attack at the Tayasir checkpoint in February 2025, the checkpoint was closed completely for the time being.
(Updated March 2025)
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