Palestinians Jordan Valley: today it is quiet, tomorrow the Hadidyacommunity will lose there homes
There’s heavier traffic than usual on Highway 5. Many military vehicles. Apparently as a result of the murder in Barkan.
Military jeeps parked at a number of locations on the way down to the Jordan Valley.
An ordinary hot day. Shepherds graze their flocks along the roadside. Everything’s very dry; the flocks have no reason to be pleased it isn’t raining. Fodder must be purchased at times like this. With money that’s in very short supply.
A military vehicle parked at the Hemdat junction, waiting for something.
My car is filled with goods for three families. I distribute as needed. The children ask for a soccer ball and bicycles. They gladly accept everything else. Morning coffee with one family, tea with a second, a conversation at the home of a third including a guest of theirs, a Palestinian Israeli who also visits them to help as he can. The conversation makes obvious the growing fears of Israeli Ara bs about Israel’s nationalistic policy. “Allah yustor” – may God help us.
But today is quiet. They’ll wait until tomorrow to come disrupt life in Hadidya. Today they still know nothing.