Update during Corona: Jordan Valley - Total closure in the Occupied Territories
Phone Report from Palestinian Jordan Valley
In a phone call I now received from the Palestinian Jordan Valley I was informed that total closure has been declared over the Occupied Territories. This is a joint decision of the Palestinian Authority and the Israeli authorities, and ‘security’ forces of both sides will be enforcing it.
The order is valid for 14 days. Curfew on homes and communities. There will be checkpoints.
In cases of emergency the authorities should be approached.
Rumor has it that the supermarkets in the Palestinian town of Toubas are being stormed by shoppers tonight.
In the Palestinian Jordan Valley the major concern is economic. Most of the income that shepherds have comes from production and sale of cheese and meat. It is not evident whether everyone has enough food in store (flour, rice) for two weeks.
We might be called upon for help. Contact should be maintained.
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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