Tag: Jordan Valley
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Ahava’s theft of occupied natural resources finally exposed
21 May 2011 | Jordan Valley Solidarity After years of strenuous denial, Ahava Dead Sea Laboratories, an Israeli cosmetics firm with its main manufacturing plant in an illegal West Bank settlement, is proven by documentary evidence to be in violation of international law through its theft of Palestinian resources. This evidence was recently discovered by…
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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…
