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Fence around Mehola settlement (image from CorporateOccupation)
Saturday February 04, 2012 - 12:20
A group of Israeli settlers from the Mehola settlement in the Jordan Valley, in the northeastern part of the West Bank, approached a Palestinian shepherd who was tending his sheep and beat him with sticks and clubs on Friday. Full Story
Chapel at Jordan river site (image from bibleplaces blog)
Tuesday December 13, 2011 - 02:07
Extremist right-wing Israeli settlers broke into a closed-off military zone in between the West Bank and the Jordanian border, at the site thought to be where Jesus was baptized. Full Story
Israeli Settlement - File mjhar.com
Friday November 18, 2011 - 05:51
The Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported that the Israeli government confiscated privately owned Palestinian lands in the Jordan Valley, and gave the lands to Kibbutz Merav, inhabited by Jewish settlers. Full Story
Image by Paltelegraph
Tuesday October 11, 2011 - 18:22
Israeli soldiers demolished a mosque at dawn on Tuesday, in Khirbit Izra village in Wadi El-Maleh, in the north of the Jordan Valley Full Story
Troops in the Jordan Valley (Photo: Jordan Valley Solidarity)
Thursday September 15, 2011 - 23:24
The Israeli military has carried out demolitions and handed out five new demolition orders, on Thursday, Ma’an News reports. Full Story
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Wednesday September 14, 2011 - 23:44
An Israeli military force invaded Al-Far'a area in the eastern part of the West Bank near Tubas near the Jordan Vally. The military took photographs of the existing water aquifers in the area, and informed the residents that they will come back to destroy the aquifers. Full Story
Tuesday July 12, 2011 - 23:46
The Ma'an News Agency reports that the Israeli army has destroyed wells and water pumps in 3 Jordan Valley villages on Tuesday. Full Story
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Friday July 01, 2011 - 17:39
Israel has announced a plan to double the size of its settlements in the strategic Jordan Valley area in the West Bank. The move was announced in Haaretz daily financial paper The Marker. The plan foresee's a doubling in agriculture areas given to settlers in the region. Full Story
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Tuesday June 14, 2011 - 22:37
According to residents, ten Bedouin homes were demolished on Tuesday morning in the Jordan valley area, leaving dozens homeless.
Full Story
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Wednesday June 01, 2011 - 18:20
Israeli soldiers attacked on Wednesday at dawn “Khirbit Yizra” village in the Jordan Valley of the occupied West Bank, and displaced its residents under the claim that the area is a “closed military zone”. Full Story
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