Tag: Jordan Valley
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B’Tselem: Report on Israeli expropriation of Palestine’s natural resources
11 May 2011 | B’Tselem Dispossession and Exploitation: Israel’s Policy in the Jordan Valley & Northern Dead Sea Click here for an interactive version. Download the full report here (pdf). The Jordan Valley and the northern Dead Sea area contains the largest land reserves in the West Bank. The area covers 1.6 million dunams, which…
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Jordan Valley school named after Vittorio
27 April 2011 | Jordan Valley Solidarity On Monday 25th the first brick was laid for a new school in the Jordan Valley. Volunteers from the Jordan Valley Solidarity working with Ras Al Auja community members have been making mud bricks for the building during the last two weeks. On Monday morning, during the much…
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Views from the Jordan Valley
19 April 2011 | Jack Curry The cluster of Jordan Valley villages located around Fasayil offer a twisted microcosm of the fickle barbarity of Israel’s illegal occupation. Families who seemingly share land, live side by side with no separation except the invisible borders enshrined in Israel’s military law. Yet, as you tread amongst the stones…
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More demolitions in the Jordan Valley
07 April 2011 | Jordan Valley Solidarity On April 7th at 6 am the village of Al Aqaba woke up to find the Israeli Army destroying thier road and two homes. Two Caterpillar bulldozers were with the military jeeps. They demolished two concrete houses leaving two families homeless, one with 11 children, and the other…
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Army continue to harass Palestinian farmers in the Jordan Valley
31 March 2011 | Jordan Valley Solidarity Yaser and his family (including 8 children) have been living during the spring time in Kherbet Samra, Jordan Valley, since 2006. At 8.30 pm yesterday evening the Israeli army came to his home claiming to be looking for terrorists from Nablus who they said they knew were staying…