Villages around Tubas + Jordan Valley + Al Aqaba + al Farsiya + Al Auja + Al Hamra and Humsa + Al Hadidiya + Al Jiftlik + Al Maleh + Bardala + Ein El Beida + Fasayil Fouqa + Fasayil Tahte + Firoush Beit Dejan + Kardala + Makhool + Marj Na’ga + Marj al Ghazal + Ras al Ahmer + Zbdat + Al Far’a camp + Ras al Far’a + Wadi al Far’a + Al Nassariya + Atoof + Beit Hassan + Ein Shibli + Tammun + Tayaisr

I was convinced by a friend to take a trip to the Jordan Valley this week. This is my fourth trip to Palestine but I have never visited the region and have heard relatively little about it. This is symptomatic of the condition of the valley, it is largely forgotten by the international community and is rarely visited.

I have just returned from the Jordan Valley - an area that takes up 30% of the West Bank but is almost entirely annexed by Israel. It is the most fertile land in the West Bank with massive underground water reserves, yet 98% of this water and 95% of the land is now controlled by the Israeli Army and settlements.