Tag: Jericho

  • Jordan Valley Isolated

    by Jamil Husni, After having finished a hard-working day in the area, three Palestinian Water Authority employees reached al-Hamra checkpoint in the Jordan Valley, on their way to Ramallah. The Israeli army refused to let them through, claiming that their permits are for West Bank checkpoints only. Othman Sheikha, the wells’ observer in the West…

  • Occupation Police Benevolence in the Jordan Valley

    by Peter, January 25th Recently, I was able to accompany three Palestinians on a drive through the Jordan Valley. The more scenic aspects aside, a trip through the area revealed the slow, destructive siege of the Valley. Movement restrictions have effectively sealed off the Jordan Valley from the rest of the West Bank. For example,…

  • Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians Continues in Jordan Valley

    by the ISM media team, January 25th On Tuesday 23rd January IOF bulldozers carried out the latest round of home demolitions in the Jordan Valley as part of the ongoing attempt to ethnically cleanse the valley of its indigenous inhabitants. Six Palestinian homes were destroyed in Al Jiftlik Village, and one home and a reservoir…

  • “Welcome to Israel” – a trip down the Jordan Valley

    by John, December 14th Today we had a trip down the Jordan valley which didn’t start too auspiciously for our Palestinian contact – he had just been delayed for two hours at a checkpoint. A soldier on the way through a checkpoint had drawn a star of david in the dust of the car. When…

  • Carmel-Agrexco’s UK headquarters blockaded for the third time

    from Indymedia UK, November 27th For the second time this year [previous action], Palestine Solidarity activists blockaded Israeli company Carmel-Agrexco’s UK headquarters in Hayes, Middlesex, in the early morning of 26 Nov 2006 [press release]. The action was part of an ongoing non-violent protest against recurrent breaches of human rights and international law in the…