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Visiting Palestinian families in the Palestinian Jordan Valley

Place: Jordan Valley
Tags: Damage to Palestinian property Palestinian farmers Visits at villages and encampments in the Palestinian Jordan Valley
Observers: Rachel A. and guest
Jan-02-2020
| Morning
Jordan Valley: During school holidays (January) the children spend time at home
Jordan Valley: During school holidays (January) the children spend time at home
Photo: Rachel Afek
Jordan Valley: Nature does not consider closure orders
Jordan Valley: Nature does not consider closure orders
Photo: Rachel Afek

Visiting Palestinian families in the Palestinian Jordan Valley

Military vehicles are seen at various junctions along the Allon Road. At Hamra the checkpoint is active. Cars descending towards the Jordan Valley are inspected. At Hemdat (settler-colony) junction we see many military vehicles, and we have no idea whether this is a special forces occasion or preparation for some military action. Flags wave in the air.

Whoever does not receive the real/occupation information could easily believe this is the calmest area on earth. While tents are being demolished at Ras Al Ahmar, and a day earlier five tractors were confiscated on their way to plow. People are afraid to plow their land. They are helpless vis a vis the Israeli authorities. A tractor was confiscated three months ago and its owner can still not contact them and penetrate the bureaucratic wall. People on both sides – Palestinian and Israeli – mistrust the system.

Fortunately, some of the fields have already been sowed.

  • 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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