The Jordan Valley, Al-Farisiya: following the teachers' strike, the children are at school two days a week and the rest at home
Escorting in the community – we were 4 escorts, 3 joined A’ at pasture, adjacent to the west side of the Alon Road.
It is sheep sheering time. The sheering here is performed by the shepherds, at pasture time. They have special sheers to cut the wool, and then gather the sheered wool by a tree and God knows who will gather the wool and where it would be kept..
I stayed at home with the family. The children attend school 2 days a week only, and the rest of the time stay at home. It seems that even the remote lessons by Zoom have ceased. The escorts sorted personal tablets and internet for the children, so that they are able to remain connected, but apparently this is not happening. The teachers’ strike (for non-payment of wages) has been going on for quite some time and appears to be worsening.
The children haven’t got lessons but are busying themselves constantly. I try to understand what occupies them and participate. Some of the time we created “art” with finger paints, paints which I brought with me, just in case there wasn’t anything else available.
The day passed peacefully up to the moment we were about to get into our cars, at which point we were notified that the settlers from Rotem attempted to steal our shepherd’s donkey. We almost joined the chase; however, a resourceful woman, who happened to be there, managed to get the donkey out of the settler’s hands and the incident ended peacefully.
Al-Farisiya / 'Ein a-sakut
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Al-Farisiya / 'Ein a-sakutA community of shepherds in the Jordan Valley opposite the settlement of "Rotem". Making a living from grazing sheep, the residents are exposed to harassment, abuse and theft from settlers who come to them from outposts and settlements in the area, and their grazing area is shrinking due to settler takeovers, fire zones and declared nature reserves.Machsom Watch companies participate in shepherd escort activities and provide a 24/7 protective presence, and there is continuous and warm contact with the community.
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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.
Nurit PopperDec-16-2027Nurit is threatened by settlers from close range.
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