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Hundreds of Palestinians are being evacuated from the occupied
northern Jordan Valley to make way for an Israeli military training exercise,
local officials told Ma'an Palestinian new agency. Villagers received orders
this week from the Israeli army to leave their homes for the duration of the
exercise, which begins on Sunday.
Aqaba and Yarza village council head Mukhlas Masaid told Ma'an on
Wednesday that Ein al-Hilweh, Yarza, Ras al-Ahmar, al-Malih and al-Meiteh
villages received orders, displacing a population of 1,000. Al-Malih and
al-Madareb council chief Aref Daraghmeh said 57 families in al-Hamamat,
al-Burj and Humsa received the orders. Further south, 40 families in the
Jordan Valley village Khirbet Tana also received orders this week to evacuate
while the army conducts training. Daraghmeh said some families would be
permitted to return after a two-day exercise, while others were told to leave
their homes permanently. He said several Israeli departments were working
together to pressure Palestinians to leave the Jordan Valley in order to
build Jewish settlements and military bases.
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Researcher for the Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem Juliet
Bannoura said the latest evacuation was part of a campaign since 1967 to remove
Palestinians from the Jordan Valley, most of which is designated a closed
military zone. "This is a trick in order to execute a silent and final
evacuation," Bannoura told Ma'an. "Now Israel is completing building
of the separation wall in the west, they want to work on the eastern side as well,"
she said.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says Israel has designated around 18 percent of the West Bank as closed military zones, an area roughly equal in size to Area A, the 17.7 percent of the West Bank under Palestinian Authority control. Around 5,000 Palestinians live in Israeli military firing zones in the West Bank, UNOCHA says. Since 2010, Israel has demolished the homes of 820 Palestinians located in firing zones.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says Israel has designated around 18 percent of the West Bank as closed military zones, an area roughly equal in size to Area A, the 17.7 percent of the West Bank under Palestinian Authority control. Around 5,000 Palestinians live in Israeli military firing zones in the West Bank, UNOCHA says. Since 2010, Israel has demolished the homes of 820 Palestinians located in firing zones.
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