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31.12.2012. For those who recently watched
images of the Israeli bombardment in Gaza, the wide open hills of the Jordan
Valley in the West Bank appear as a stark contrast.
Flocks of sheep accompanied by their
herders cross the hillsides, home to some of the most fertile land in all of
the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) and unrivalled even in Israel.
And yet despite the abundant land and
resources, Palestinians living in the Valley are some of the poorest in oPt,
lacking even the most basic infrastructure.
The Jordan Valley is marked by a patchwork
of zones in which Palestinians are allowed to live, which leave little room for
manoeuvre.
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