Samra: "If the bulldozers come to us..."
We are already part of the family. The Thursday ones. They wait for us. They share their secrets with us, as well as other things that happen. Communication issues between them and us, yes, that’s how it is in a family. There are problems. Each side understands the event, or the sentence spoken, differently. W’allah hu azim (And God is mighty). It takes a lot of effort to bring about understanding and atonement.
Today was different. The shepherds traveled to the big city, Tubas, to sort things out. The sheep got a day off from grazing and didn’t know exactly what to do. A group of goats decided to head out on their own, so they were explained with stones that today is a free period. And so, we were left with the children and the women to pass the day. Everything went peacefully. We did see an ATV going up and down the road, but it didn’t reach us.
Everyone was focused on the destruction of the A. family’s property in Ein al-Hilweh, which was taking place throughout those hours. WhatsApp brought the images to every phone; it was a demolition in real-time. A line of soldiers stood on the road and wouldn’t let people inside, while the bulldozers destroyed, one after another, the structures, the solar panels, the water tanks, the fence of the compound that keeps the cattle inside the area, and the trees that were there… This is deeply worrying and terrifying for anyone who is still in their place.
We made paper-mâché balloons with the children, and they sang Quranic surahs to us, praying that God would protect them.
We spent the whole day talking and playing. That’s what protective presence is like when everything is fine.
If the bulldozers come to us, we’ll show them what bulldozers are…
Location Description
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.Bosmat HetzroniJul-2-2026Samra. Paper balloons
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Khirbet Samrah
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