Tayasir
Tayasir, Wednesday, March 22, 2006, PMObservers: Naomi V., Diti J., Osnat D. (reporting)Tayasir, 13.35 – 14.35Nine cars are waiting to go west to the territories and six are waiting to go east. When we arrived we saw a truck loaded with beans going back to the Jordan Valley. When we asked the soldiers about it, they claimed that the driver has no permit to transport agricultural goods into the territories. According to them it is possible to get a permit very easily at the Jericho District Coordination Office.The drivers first in line at the CP say that they have been waiting for about half an hour. While we were there, the soldiers worked efficiently and behaved courteously (toward us as well) and the traffic flowed. Nine cars passed through in about 15 minutes. Still there is the usual exercise – getting out, standing in line, and so on. We were there about an hour, and throughout the whole time there was lively traffic in both directions. When we left, a queue of 8 cars was waiting again.As we were driving toward the Hamra CP on the Bekaot road, we had a flat tire. A Palestinian taxi stopped near us, and within five minutes, the driver changed the wheel (the flag of MachsomWatch was on the windshield). A second tire seemed to be losing air, so we decided not take a chance on driving without a reserve wheel, and we drove home. Unfortunately, we did not get to Hamra.
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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