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Israel shuts off water to Jordan Valley farms
Four days after an Israeli minister threatened to restrict the West Bank's water supply, Israeli authorities closed off the main…
London Protest Against Veolia
Whilst Veolia destroys the environment in the Jordan valley, and profits from Israel's illegal settlements in the West Bank, it…
House building in Al Jiftlik
In the last few years the Jordan Valley Solidarity project has rebuilt or renovated over a hundred houses in the…
The National: Israelis cut water supply to a trickle
Omar Karmi, Foreign Correspondent JIFTLIK, THE JORDAN VALLEY // Hussein Aidi pointed to a black rubber irrigation pipe from which…
Let the children play
Residents of Zubeidat have levelled the hillside to create a football pitch, less than 100 meters from the illegal Israeli…
Settlement theft of Abel al Ajaaj land
The Abu al Ajaj community live in neat homes made of wood, plastic and sewn-together animal-feed sacks. Mixed in amongst…
Flood damages
At the end of October 2008, heavy rainstorms swept through the Jordan Valley triggering devastating floods. Farmers and stockbreeders reported…
A Palestinian Farm In Jiftlik
The Jordan Valley is located in a stretch of land (about 2400 km2) that lies adjacent to the Jordan river…
Occupation authorities arrest a herd of cows
On 14 September, the Israeli occupation authorities arrested a herd of cows under the pretext that they had approached a…
Demolition Orders
On Monday 25 August, the Occupation authorities opened demolition procedures against 45 buildings in Palestinians Bedouin communities in the northern…