Israeli violence is rapidly emptying Jordan Valley of Palestinians (+972 Magazine, 2025-03-19)
https://www.972mag.com/jordan-valley-khirbet-samra-settler-violence/
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#WestBank
“Khirbet Samra is one of the few remaining Palestinian shepherding communities in Area C of the northern Jordan Valley, which falls under complete Israeli control. Like many other #Bedouin communities in the area, its residents have faced escalating settler violence since Israel’s war on Gaza began in October 2023…”
”From large-scale livestock theft, to home raids and beatings, the violence and displacement spiked in the Jordan Valley after the Israeli military launched ‘Operation Iron Wall’ in January”
“… Trump’s return and the new military assault in the West Bank, [the founder of Kerem Navot Dror] Etkes continued, provided ‘a clear sign for the settlers to escalate their violence to expel more Palestinians.’
“Now, Israel’s takeover of the Jordan Valley is almost complete…”
#KeremNavot #SettlerViolence
@palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@a.gup.pe @israel
About #KeremNavot
https://www.keremnavot.org/english-about
>> Kerem Navot is a new Israeli civil society organization (2012) that proposes a new angle on the ongoing dispossession of land in the West Bank, especially in area C which comprises 61% of the #WestBank.
>> We are obligated to empower and professionally strengthen other parties that are active in the anti-occupation movement. Therefore, Kerem Navot’s research conclusions and database are generously shared with other leading Palestinian and Israeli NGOs as well as with international organs.