For the last few days diggers and bulldozers have been re-digging the ditch and earth mound that separate the Jordan Valley from the rest of the West bank. This comes just 3 weeks after Netanyahu’s provocative visit to the jordan Valley, when he reiterated Israel’s intention to annex the valley.

This ditch and earth mound are the eastern wall. They may look less dramatic, but the impact they have lon local communities is devastating. It will mean that people will not be able to visit people who were their neighbours and friends, and will have to far greater distances to collect water with the tractors and water tanks.