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Call for Action Against House Demolitions in Al Farisiya and Fasayil

On 19th July 2010 the Israeli army demolished 26 homes in Al Farisiya in the Jordan Valley making 107 more Palestinians homeless. They also destroyed the shelters for over 1000 sheep that members of this bedouin community owned, and have 'confiscated' the sheep and demanded payment from the farmers for their food!

Palestine Solidarity Settlement created in Brighton Supermarket

Activists in Brighton set up a 'Palestine Solidarity Settlement' in Waitrose supermarket to protest against the demolition of Palestinian homes to clear land for Israeli settlements.

23 homes demolished in Al Farisiya

On 19th July 2010 the Israeli army demolished 23 homes in Al Farisiya in the Jordan Valley making 91 more Palestinians homeless. They also destroyed the shelters for over 1000 sheep that members of this bedouin community owned, and have 'confiscated' the sheep and demanded payment from the farmers for their food!

Haaretz: Gestures to the Palestinians

Published 11:19 16.07.10 in Haaretz, Magazine

Twilight Zone / Gestures to the Palestinians
While the prime minister is dispensing promises about easing restrictions in the territories, Israel is expelling hundreds of shepherds from the Jordan Valley

Corporations in Tomer Settlement - From Corporate Watch

Tomer is an illegal Israeli settlement of nearly 300 people close to the Palestinian community of Fasayil. It employs Palestinian and Thai workers, the bosses are Israeli. Tomer was established in 1976 on the lands of the people of Fasayil, Al Auja and other nearby Palestinian communities.

Some companies working inside Tomer:

Grassroots Resistance: Challenging Israel's Control of Jordan Valley's Water Resources

In defiance of Israel's increasing harassment of Palestinian water resources in the Jordan Valley, communities have begun to use direct action to challenge the occupation force's apartheid policies. With the help of Jordan Valley Solidarity, several Bedouin communities are in the process of connecting their villages to water supplies by physically taking charge of the situation.

Update: El Maleh bedouin forced to move their home

In the early hours of this morning the Israelis came in large numbers to the area where Maskiot settlers had been intimidating and threatening the Bedouin community of El Maleh.

Call for Action: Al Maleh threatened by Maskiot settlers

ISRAELI SETTLERS THREATEN PALESTINIAN BEDOUIN COMMUNITIES
Jordan Valley, West Bank, 28th April 2010
Urgent call for support from internationals in Palestine and around the world

PRESS RELEASE: Israeli settlers tighten screw on Palestinian Bedouin communities

Jordan Valley, West Bank, 26th April 2010

Between 20 and 30 armed settlers from the Maskiot settlement, supported by the Israeli army and police from the settlement, yesterday erected a tent flying Israeli flags just 10 metres away from the entrance to the Palestinian Bedouin community of El Maleh and ordered the Bedouin community off the land.

Inside the belly of the beast: Visiting Maskiot

As we have reported earlier in our blogs, Maskiot was the first new settlement to be approved in the West Bank for over a decade when it was established as a residential colony in the middle of 2008.

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