Palestinian agricultural Relief Services: the Jordan valley suffers from lack of services

Wednesday September 12, 2007 14:45 by Ameen Aby Wardah - IMEMC News

Mikbel Abu Habash of the Palestinian agricultural Relief Services stated on Wednesday that the Jordan valley area is suffering from lake of funds and development projects, expressing fear that this comes for geopolitical and international funding polices.

Abu Habash said that the Israeli Authorities is targeting the Jordan valley in order stop the population Evolution and the Palestinian economical development in the are, the army targets the Jordan valley by exploiting all the natural resources and shifting them from i0ts Palestinian owners to the Israeli settlements and factories in the are.

He added that the Israeli government though the army implements sever restrictions on the Palestinian living in the Jordan valley who are mainly farmers by confiscating their lands, isolating villages, not allowing the farmers to build new homes or animal farmers and installing land mines near the farm lands. This Abu Habash said drive the farmers away from their lands so it becomes an easy target to the Israeli Authorities that confiscated to build Israeli settlements on it.

Translated by Ghassan Bannoura – IMEMC News

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