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An International Women for Peace Service volunteer from Pakistan reports on her visit to the Jordan Valley.

Sunday, October 5, 2008

Harb Suleiman and Walid Suleiman are Bedouin brothers we met at the Al-Hamra check point on Tuesday September 23, 2008. They live near the check point. Harb told us that about 15 days ago in the morning the Israeli soldiers came to their house and took their two water storage tanks. The reason they gave them was that their house is in the army closed area. Now the soldiers tell them they have to pay 11,000 shaqals to get their tanks back. The brothers do not have running water in or near their house. They have to haul water from some distance and store it in the thanks for the household consumption.

Fathy Khdairat belongs to Jordan Valley Solidarity. According to him OCHA will provide water on a temporary and emergency basis but will not allow a more permanent solution. According to Fathy there is enough money to pipe the water from Tammun to Atoof and Al-Hadiddya, the two Bedouin areas

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According Fathy Khdairat there are 36 settlements in Jordan Valley. They have all the water and electricity they need. But the Bedouins living in the area are not allowed to have water or electricity even when water is piped pass under and electric wires over their villages.

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