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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!

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:

Israel's tightening grip on the Jordan Valley

“Israel will never cede the Jordan Valley”, Benjamin Netanyahu, March 2010
Soldier threatening Palestinians in Al MalehSoldier threatening Palestinians in Al Maleh

Arrests in Al Jiftlik as Israeli harassment increases

Several people were arrested in Al Jiftlik on Friday 30th April after at least 60 soldiers in several military vehicles entered the area. One of those arrested, Moneer Abu aged 38, was severely beaten with rifle butts and brutally kicked in front of his wife and children. He has been arrested and the Israeli Army are refusing to state where he is being held.

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.

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