The army and the police receive their orders from the settlers.

Place:

Gochya

Jordan Valley

Tags:

Illegal settler-colonist outposts

Israeli Police

Jewish settler-colonists backed up by the Israeli army assault peace activists

Jordan Valley

Observers:

Tzvia Shapira, Nurit Poper, Dafna Banai and two guests: Shlomo Shapira and Eric, Tzvia’s guest from Norway who was shocked at what he saw Translation: Bracha Ben-Avraham

Mar-6-2019

Morning

Jordan Valley: The activists who were arrested

Buttercups in two colors in the Jordan Valley

Location Description

Gochya

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Gochya checkpoint, which is opposite Beqaot settlement, is a metal bar blocking a dirt road in the Jordan Valley that prevents residents living in the eastern Jordan Valley from travelling freely to the western Jordan Valley and back again. This checkpoint, which is supposed to open only three times a week for half an hour (and usually doesn’t open at all), prevents residents living in the eastern Jordan Valley from accessing the town of Tamun, for example, which serves as a regional urban center. They’re prevented from maintaining contact with family members, obtaining medical treatment, getting to school and shopping, etc. Children from the eastern Jordan Valley are compelled to live during the week with families in Tamun to insure they are able to attend school regularly. The locals must make long detours, and risk severe punishment if they’re caught. In order to prevent them from bypassing the checkpoint, the IDF dug a series of long, deep ditches around the checkpoint and created very high earthen berms.

Hamra (Beqaot)

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One of the Jordan Rift Valley checkpoints that prevent direct transit between the West Bank and the Jordan Valley, in addition to Tayasir Checkpoint. Located next to Hamra settlement, on Route 57 and the Allon Road.

Read about the peple of the Jordan Valley and the quiet transfer happening there.

Nov-4-2021

Shahar Shiloah

Ein Shibli: grazing begins close to home

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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.

Mar-15-2025

Mahdi Drarma

Al Burj: destruction of a family home

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