Reports from other NGOs and media - Page 6
Haaretz: PA farmers hung out to dry while Israelis flourish in Jordan Valley
Amira Hass, Haaretz – 2 Dec 2012 Kibbutz Ginosar’s bananas alone receive the equivalent of 25 to 40 percent of…
Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in the Jordan Valley
“Aid … undermines the Palestinian’s political struggle, ‘normalises’ the situation of the occupation, and postpones a permanent solution” Shir Hever…
Guardian: Palestine’s date farmers suffer double burden of occupation and indifference
Phoebe Greenwood in Jericho. Wednesday 7 November 2012 Once an economic mainstay, farming in Palestine has been hard hit by…
Trading Away Peace: How Europe helps sustain illegal Israeli settlements
This report, which draws heavily on the experience of communities in the Jordan Valley, calls on European governments to adopt…
OPT: Toiling for a pittance on Israeli settler farms
Published by IRIN: 18 June 2012 (IRIN) Some 10,000 Palestinian labourers are being exploited on Israeli-owned farms in the West Bank’s…
United Nations Factsheet on Israeli-declared ‘Firing Zones’ in the West Bank
In their latest report on the impact of the occupation on Area C communities, the United Nations Office for the Coordination…
The Forcible Transfer of the Palestinian People from the Jordan Valley
Written by Mercedes Melon Published by BADIL in Forced Population Transfer in Palestine; Thinking Practically about Return (Spring-Summer 2012) Forcible transfer and…
Forced removal of Bedouin around East Jerusalem
In 2011 the Israeli Government's plan, to forcibly remove 27,000 bedouin from the Jordan Valley and East Jerusalem, came to…
Oxfam “On the Brink: Israeli settlements and their impact on Palestinians in the Jordan Valley”
Oxfam has called on the EU to "Move beyond statements and take urgent action to press the Government of Israel…
EU report calls for an end to Israeli restrictions in Area C and the Jordan Valley
"The Palestinian presence in Area C has continuously been undermined through different administrative measures, planning regulations and other means adopted…