Last Thursday, 27/01/2011, more than 30 settlers from Maskiyyot attacked Palestinian families living in Ein Il Hilwe, in the Northern Jordan Valley.

They beat a woman, Umm Ayman, and her 11 year-old daughter. They also attacked shepherds from the same area, trying to steal their cows.

The settlers checked Umm Ayman’s tent, and threaten her, in front of her sons, to come back to cut her hands into pieces…

This incident is not isolated, settlers often attack Palestinian in Ein Il Hilwe and all over the Jordan Valley. This is part of a strategy of pushing Palestinians to leave the area in order to take full control and possesion of the Jordan Valley and its ressources.

Ein Il Hilwe community is surrounded by 5 settlements and military areas. Its access to water, electricity, health or education is almost impossible as occupational forces prevent “non jewish” to have access to basic services in area C.

People in Ein Il Hilwe, as many communities, are willing to resist and to defend their existence in the Jordan Valley.

Last November, JVS and the community built a tent school for the children of the area. Today dozens of kids have access to a basic education on their home land, the Palestinian Jordan Valley.