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Four weeks on, horror lingers in Israel's silent kibbutzim
Daily funerals bring little solace to a traumatised nation grieving for communities such as Kfar Aza, Ofakim and Sderot that took the brunt of the 7 October attack.
The stench of death still pervades Kfar Aza, an Israeli kibbutz on the periphery of the blockaded Gaza Strip.
Four weeks after the Palestinian militant group’s horrifying attack that killed 1,400 Israelis across southern Israel, there is only silence in this community, previously home to 750 people, perforated by blasts of nearby Israeli artillery fire and a warning of an incoming anti-tank missile.
Kfar Aza kibbutz in Southern Israel.
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Netanyahu visits Sayeret Special Op Forces
October 24, 2023 - Israel: PM Netanyhau visits Yahalom unit - a Sayeret (special operations forces) unit of the Israeli Combat Engineering Corps of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). (POLARIS)
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Netanyahu visits Sayeret Special Op Forces
October 24, 2023 - Israel: PM Netanyhau visits Yahalom unit - a Sayeret (special operations forces) unit of the Israeli Combat Engineering Corps of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). (POLARIS)
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Netanyahu visits Sayeret Special Op Forces
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Netanyahu visits Sayeret Special Op Forces
October 24, 2023 - Israel: PM Netanyhau visits Yahalom unit - a Sayeret (special operations forces) unit of the Israeli Combat Engineering Corps of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). (POLARIS)
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'It was a pogrom': Be'eri survivors on the horrific attack by Hamas terrorists
Once popular with Israelis as a weekend getaway, Be'eri is now indelibly associated with a massacre.
The smell of death hits you at the entrance to kibbutz Be'eri. Until Saturday morning Be'eri had a population of 1,200, the largest of the 12 villages that make up the Eshkol regional council that runs along the border with Gaza.
Now it is a place indelibly associated with horror and tragedy, as one of the centres of the massacre undertaken by the militant Islamist group Hamas in southern Israel beginning on Saturday morning.
Burned cars are seen at the scene of the Nova festival near kibbutz Re'im where Hamas militants infiltrated into Israel, storm the party and killed at least 260 young people taking part in the rave. Photo by Quique Kierszenbaum
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'It was a pogrom': Be'eri survivors on the horrific attack by Hamas terrorists
Once popular with Israelis as a weekend getaway, Be'eri is now indelibly associated with a massacre.
The smell of death hits you at the entrance to kibbutz Be'eri. Until Saturday morning Be'eri had a population of 1,200, the largest of the 12 villages that make up the Eshkol regional council that runs along the border with Gaza.
Now it is a place indelibly associated with horror and tragedy, as one of the centres of the massacre undertaken by the militant Islamist group Hamas in southern Israel beginning on Saturday morning.
Israeli soldiers patrol the scene of the Nova festival near kibbutz Re'im where Hamas militants infiltrated into Israel, storm the party and killed at least 260 young people taking part in the rave. Photo by Quique Kierszenbaum
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'It was a pogrom': Be'eri survivors on the horrific attack by Hamas terrorists
Once popular with Israelis as a weekend getaway, Be'eri is now indelibly associated with a massacre.
The smell of death hits you at the entrance to kibbutz Be'eri. Until Saturday morning Be'eri had a population of 1,200, the largest of the 12 villages that make up the Eshkol regional council that runs along the border with Gaza.
Now it is a place indelibly associated with horror and tragedy, as one of the centres of the massacre undertaken by the militant Islamist group Hamas in southern Israel beginning on Saturday morning.
Israeli soldiers patrol the scene of the Nova festival near kibbutz Re'im where Hamas militants infiltrated into Israel, storm the party and killed at least 260 young people taking part in the rave. Photo by Quique Kierszenbaum
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'It was a pogrom': Be'eri survivors on the horrific attack by Hamas terrorists
Once popular with Israelis as a weekend getaway, Be'eri is now indelibly associated with a massacre.
The smell of death hits you at the entrance to kibbutz Be'eri. Until Saturday morning Be'eri had a population of 1,200, the largest of the 12 villages that make up the Eshkol regional council that runs along the border with Gaza.
Now it is a place indelibly associated with horror and tragedy, as one of the centres of the massacre undertaken by the militant Islamist group Hamas in southern Israel beginning on Saturday morning.
Destruction at Kibbutz Beeri in the border with Gaza after an attack by Hamas militants last Saturday. 108 bodies of kibbutz members were found on the kibbutz and several other members were taken hostages to the Gaza Strip.
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'It was a pogrom': Be'eri survivors on the horrific attack by Hamas terrorists
Once popular with Israelis as a weekend getaway, Be'eri is now indelibly associated with a massacre.
The smell of death hits you at the entrance to kibbutz Be'eri. Until Saturday morning Be'eri had a population of 1,200, the largest of the 12 villages that make up the Eshkol regional council that runs along the border with Gaza.
Now it is a place indelibly associated with horror and tragedy, as one of the centres of the massacre undertaken by the militant Islamist group Hamas in southern Israel beginning on Saturday morning.
The scene of the Nova festival near kibbutz Re'im where Hamas militants infiltrated into Israel, storm the party and killed at least 260 young people taking part in the rave. Photo by Quique Kierszenbaum
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'It was a pogrom': Be'eri survivors on the horrific attack by Hamas terrorists
Once popular with Israelis as a weekend getaway, Be'eri is now indelibly associated with a massacre.
The smell of death hits you at the entrance to kibbutz Be'eri. Until Saturday morning Be'eri had a population of 1,200, the largest of the 12 villages that make up the Eshkol regional council that runs along the border with Gaza.
Now it is a place indelibly associated with horror and tragedy, as one of the centres of the massacre undertaken by the militant Islamist group Hamas in southern Israel beginning on Saturday morning.
Israeli soldiers patrol the scene of the Nova festival near kibbutz Re'im where Hamas militants infiltrated into Israel, storm the party and killed at least 260 young people taking part in the rave. Photo by Quique Kierszenbaum
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'It was a pogrom': Be'eri survivors on the horrific attack by Hamas terrorists
Once popular with Israelis as a weekend getaway, Be'eri is now indelibly associated with a massacre.
The smell of death hits you at the entrance to kibbutz Be'eri. Until Saturday morning Be'eri had a population of 1,200, the largest of the 12 villages that make up the Eshkol regional council that runs along the border with Gaza.
Now it is a place indelibly associated with horror and tragedy, as one of the centres of the massacre undertaken by the militant Islamist group Hamas in southern Israel beginning on Saturday morning.
Destruction at Kibbutz Beeri in the border with Gaza after an attack by Hamas militants last Saturday. 108 bodies of kibbutz members were found on the kibbutz and several other members were taken hostages to the Gaza Strip.
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'It was a pogrom': Be'eri survivors on the horrific attack by Hamas terrorists
Once popular with Israelis as a weekend getaway, Be'eri is now indelibly associated with a massacre.
The smell of death hits you at the entrance to kibbutz Be'eri. Until Saturday morning Be'eri had a population of 1,200, the largest of the 12 villages that make up the Eshkol regional council that runs along the border with Gaza.
Now it is a place indelibly associated with horror and tragedy, as one of the centres of the massacre undertaken by the militant Islamist group Hamas in southern Israel beginning on Saturday morning.
Destruction at Kibbutz Beeri in the border with Gaza after an attack by Hamas militants last Saturday. 108 bodies of kibbutz members were found on the kibbutz and several other members were taken hostages to the Gaza Strip. Bodies from Hamas mambers are covered in white bags marked for identification purposes with the word terrorist.
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'It was a pogrom': Be'eri survivors on the horrific attack by Hamas terrorists
Once popular with Israelis as a weekend getaway, Be'eri is now indelibly associated with a massacre.
The smell of death hits you at the entrance to kibbutz Be'eri. Until Saturday morning Be'eri had a population of 1,200, the largest of the 12 villages that make up the Eshkol regional council that runs along the border with Gaza.
Now it is a place indelibly associated with horror and tragedy, as one of the centres of the massacre undertaken by the militant Islamist group Hamas in southern Israel beginning on Saturday morning.
Destruction at Kibbutz Beeri in the border with Gaza after an attack by Hamas militants last Saturday. 108 bodies of kibbutz members were found on the kibbutz and several other members were taken hostages to the Gaza Strip.
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A precious resource: how Israel uses water to control the West Bank
In occupied West Bank villages, Israeli-owned farms are flourishing, while Palestinians often do not have enough water to drink.
Water is one of the most precious resources in Israel and the Palestinian territories. This beautiful landscape - the historic fertile crescent - can be harsh and unforgiving. But with enough water, as the Book of Isaiah says, "The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom."
Israel is the world leader in water management and technology: last year, a first-of-its-kind project began pumping desalinated seawater from the Mediterranean northwards, to replenish the shrinking Sea of Galilee.
Yet rights groups contend that these successes are to the detriment of Palestinians; Israel controls about 80% of water reserves in the West Bank, but both the West Bank and Gaza Strip face severe water stress and drought.
In theory, no one living or working in Area C, the 60% of the West Bank fully controlled by Israel, can get connected to pipelines belonging to Israel's national water company without proving ownership of the land or otherwise gaining a permit from the Israeli civil administration in the territories, known as Cogat. But in practice, access to water resources is a potent state-controlled weapon for the settlement movement, allowing Israeli-owned vineyards, olive groves, livestock farms and date plantations to flourish.
Mahmoud's land in Jalud.
April 16, 2023.
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A precious resource: how Israel uses water to control the West Bank
In occupied West Bank villages, Israeli-owned farms are flourishing, while Palestinians often do not have enough water to drink.
Water is one of the most precious resources in Israel and the Palestinian territories. This beautiful landscape - the historic fertile crescent - can be harsh and unforgiving. But with enough water, as the Book of Isaiah says, "The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom."
Israel is the world leader in water management and technology: last year, a first-of-its-kind project began pumping desalinated seawater from the Mediterranean northwards, to replenish the shrinking Sea of Galilee.
Yet rights groups contend that these successes are to the detriment of Palestinians; Israel controls about 80% of water reserves in the West Bank, but both the West Bank and Gaza Strip face severe water stress and drought.
In theory, no one living or working in Area C, the 60% of the West Bank fully controlled by Israel, can get connected to pipelines belonging to Israel's national water company without proving ownership of the land or otherwise gaining a permit from the Israeli civil administration in the territories, known as Cogat. But in practice, access to water resources is a potent state-controlled weapon for the settlement movement, allowing Israeli-owned vineyards, olive groves, livestock farms and date plantations to flourish.
Mahmoud's land in Jalud. Behind is the fertile land of the settlers.
April 16, 2023.
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A precious resource: how Israel uses water to control the West Bank
In occupied West Bank villages, Israeli-owned farms are flourishing, while Palestinians often do not have enough water to drink.
Water is one of the most precious resources in Israel and the Palestinian territories. This beautiful landscape - the historic fertile crescent - can be harsh and unforgiving. But with enough water, as the Book of Isaiah says, "The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom."
Israel is the world leader in water management and technology: last year, a first-of-its-kind project began pumping desalinated seawater from the Mediterranean northwards, to replenish the shrinking Sea of Galilee.
Yet rights groups contend that these successes are to the detriment of Palestinians; Israel controls about 80% of water reserves in the West Bank, but both the West Bank and Gaza Strip face severe water stress and drought.
In theory, no one living or working in Area C, the 60% of the West Bank fully controlled by Israel, can get connected to pipelines belonging to Israel's national water company without proving ownership of the land or otherwise gaining a permit from the Israeli civil administration in the territories, known as Cogat. But in practice, access to water resources is a potent state-controlled weapon for the settlement movement, allowing Israeli-owned vineyards, olive groves, livestock farms and date plantations to flourish.
Mahmoud's land in Jalud.
April 16, 2023.
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A precious resource: how Israel uses water to control the West Bank
In occupied West Bank villages, Israeli-owned farms are flourishing, while Palestinians often do not have enough water to drink.
Water is one of the most precious resources in Israel and the Palestinian territories. This beautiful landscape - the historic fertile crescent - can be harsh and unforgiving. But with enough water, as the Book of Isaiah says, "The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom."
Israel is the world leader in water management and technology: last year, a first-of-its-kind project began pumping desalinated seawater from the Mediterranean northwards, to replenish the shrinking Sea of Galilee.
Yet rights groups contend that these successes are to the detriment of Palestinians; Israel controls about 80% of water reserves in the West Bank, but both the West Bank and Gaza Strip face severe water stress and drought.
In theory, no one living or working in Area C, the 60% of the West Bank fully controlled by Israel, can get connected to pipelines belonging to Israel's national water company without proving ownership of the land or otherwise gaining a permit from the Israeli civil administration in the territories, known as Cogat. But in practice, access to water resources is a potent state-controlled weapon for the settlement movement, allowing Israeli-owned vineyards, olive groves, livestock farms and date plantations to flourish.
Mahmoud's land in Jalud.
April 16, 2023.
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A precious resource: how Israel uses water to control the West Bank
In occupied West Bank villages, Israeli-owned farms are flourishing, while Palestinians often do not have enough water to drink.
Water is one of the most precious resources in Israel and the Palestinian territories. This beautiful landscape - the historic fertile crescent - can be harsh and unforgiving. But with enough water, as the Book of Isaiah says, "The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom."
Israel is the world leader in water management and technology: last year, a first-of-its-kind project began pumping desalinated seawater from the Mediterranean northwards, to replenish the shrinking Sea of Galilee.
Yet rights groups contend that these successes are to the detriment of Palestinians; Israel controls about 80% of water reserves in the West Bank, but both the West Bank and Gaza Strip face severe water stress and drought.
In theory, no one living or working in Area C, the 60% of the West Bank fully controlled by Israel, can get connected to pipelines belonging to Israel's national water company without proving ownership of the land or otherwise gaining a permit from the Israeli civil administration in the territories, known as Cogat. But in practice, access to water resources is a potent state-controlled weapon for the settlement movement, allowing Israeli-owned vineyards, olive groves, livestock farms and date plantations to flourish.
Mahmoud's land in Jalud.
April 16, 2023.
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A precious resource: how Israel uses water to control the West Bank
In occupied West Bank villages, Israeli-owned farms are flourishing, while Palestinians often do not have enough water to drink.
Water is one of the most precious resources in Israel and the Palestinian territories. This beautiful landscape - the historic fertile crescent - can be harsh and unforgiving. But with enough water, as the Book of Isaiah says, "The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom."
Israel is the world leader in water management and technology: last year, a first-of-its-kind project began pumping desalinated seawater from the Mediterranean northwards, to replenish the shrinking Sea of Galilee.
Yet rights groups contend that these successes are to the detriment of Palestinians; Israel controls about 80% of water reserves in the West Bank, but both the West Bank and Gaza Strip face severe water stress and drought.
In theory, no one living or working in Area C, the 60% of the West Bank fully controlled by Israel, can get connected to pipelines belonging to Israel's national water company without proving ownership of the land or otherwise gaining a permit from the Israeli civil administration in the territories, known as Cogat. But in practice, access to water resources is a potent state-controlled weapon for the settlement movement, allowing Israeli-owned vineyards, olive groves, livestock farms and date plantations to flourish.
Mahmoud's land in Jalud. Behind is the fertile land of the settlers.
April 16, 2023.
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A precious resource: how Israel uses water to control the West Bank
In occupied West Bank villages, Israeli-owned farms are flourishing, while Palestinians often do not have enough water to drink.
Water is one of the most precious resources in Israel and the Palestinian territories. This beautiful landscape - the historic fertile crescent - can be harsh and unforgiving. But with enough water, as the Book of Isaiah says, "The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom."
Israel is the world leader in water management and technology: last year, a first-of-its-kind project began pumping desalinated seawater from the Mediterranean northwards, to replenish the shrinking Sea of Galilee.
Yet rights groups contend that these successes are to the detriment of Palestinians; Israel controls about 80% of water reserves in the West Bank, but both the West Bank and Gaza Strip face severe water stress and drought.
In theory, no one living or working in Area C, the 60% of the West Bank fully controlled by Israel, can get connected to pipelines belonging to Israel's national water company without proving ownership of the land or otherwise gaining a permit from the Israeli civil administration in the territories, known as Cogat. But in practice, access to water resources is a potent state-controlled weapon for the settlement movement, allowing Israeli-owned vineyards, olive groves, livestock farms and date plantations to flourish.
Mahmoud's land in Jalud.
April 16, 2023.
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A precious resource: how Israel uses water to control the West Bank
In occupied West Bank villages, Israeli-owned farms are flourishing, while Palestinians often do not have enough water to drink.
Water is one of the most precious resources in Israel and the Palestinian territories. This beautiful landscape - the historic fertile crescent - can be harsh and unforgiving. But with enough water, as the Book of Isaiah says, "The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom."
Israel is the world leader in water management and technology: last year, a first-of-its-kind project began pumping desalinated seawater from the Mediterranean northwards, to replenish the shrinking Sea of Galilee.
Yet rights groups contend that these successes are to the detriment of Palestinians; Israel controls about 80% of water reserves in the West Bank, but both the West Bank and Gaza Strip face severe water stress and drought.
In theory, no one living or working in Area C, the 60% of the West Bank fully controlled by Israel, can get connected to pipelines belonging to Israel's national water company without proving ownership of the land or otherwise gaining a permit from the Israeli civil administration in the territories, known as Cogat. But in practice, access to water resources is a potent state-controlled weapon for the settlement movement, allowing Israeli-owned vineyards, olive groves, livestock farms and date plantations to flourish.
Mahmoud at his land in Jalud.
April 16, 2023.
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A precious resource: how Israel uses water to control the West Bank
In occupied West Bank villages, Israeli-owned farms are flourishing, while Palestinians often do not have enough water to drink.
Water is one of the most precious resources in Israel and the Palestinian territories. This beautiful landscape - the historic fertile crescent - can be harsh and unforgiving. But with enough water, as the Book of Isaiah says, "The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom."
Israel is the world leader in water management and technology: last year, a first-of-its-kind project began pumping desalinated seawater from the Mediterranean northwards, to replenish the shrinking Sea of Galilee.
Yet rights groups contend that these successes are to the detriment of Palestinians; Israel controls about 80% of water reserves in the West Bank, but both the West Bank and Gaza Strip face severe water stress and drought.
In theory, no one living or working in Area C, the 60% of the West Bank fully controlled by Israel, can get connected to pipelines belonging to Israel's national water company without proving ownership of the land or otherwise gaining a permit from the Israeli civil administration in the territories, known as Cogat. But in practice, access to water resources is a potent state-controlled weapon for the settlement movement, allowing Israeli-owned vineyards, olive groves, livestock farms and date plantations to flourish.
Mahmoud Haj Muhammad, 33, Jalud.
April 16, 2023.
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A precious resource: how Israel uses water to control the West Bank
In occupied West Bank villages, Israeli-owned farms are flourishing, while Palestinians often do not have enough water to drink.
Water is one of the most precious resources in Israel and the Palestinian territories. This beautiful landscape - the historic fertile crescent - can be harsh and unforgiving. But with enough water, as the Book of Isaiah says, "The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom."
Israel is the world leader in water management and technology: last year, a first-of-its-kind project began pumping desalinated seawater from the Mediterranean northwards, to replenish the shrinking Sea of Galilee.
Yet rights groups contend that these successes are to the detriment of Palestinians; Israel controls about 80% of water reserves in the West Bank, but both the West Bank and Gaza Strip face severe water stress and drought.
In theory, no one living or working in Area C, the 60% of the West Bank fully controlled by Israel, can get connected to pipelines belonging to Israel's national water company without proving ownership of the land or otherwise gaining a permit from the Israeli civil administration in the territories, known as Cogat. But in practice, access to water resources is a potent state-controlled weapon for the settlement movement, allowing Israeli-owned vineyards, olive groves, livestock farms and date plantations to flourish.
Mahmoud Haj Muhammad, 33, Jalud.
April 16, 2023.
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A precious resource: how Israel uses water to control the West Bank
In occupied West Bank villages, Israeli-owned farms are flourishing, while Palestinians often do not have enough water to drink.
Water is one of the most precious resources in Israel and the Palestinian territories. This beautiful landscape - the historic fertile crescent - can be harsh and unforgiving. But with enough water, as the Book of Isaiah says, "The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom."
Israel is the world leader in water management and technology: last year, a first-of-its-kind project began pumping desalinated seawater from the Mediterranean northwards, to replenish the shrinking Sea of Galilee.
Yet rights groups contend that these successes are to the detriment of Palestinians; Israel controls about 80% of water reserves in the West Bank, but both the West Bank and Gaza Strip face severe water stress and drought.
In theory, no one living or working in Area C, the 60% of the West Bank fully controlled by Israel, can get connected to pipelines belonging to Israel's national water company without proving ownership of the land or otherwise gaining a permit from the Israeli civil administration in the territories, known as Cogat. But in practice, access to water resources is a potent state-controlled weapon for the settlement movement, allowing Israeli-owned vineyards, olive groves, livestock farms and date plantations to flourish.
Mahmoud Haj Muhammad, 33, Jalud.
April 16, 2023.
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A precious resource: how Israel uses water to control the West Bank
In occupied West Bank villages, Israeli-owned farms are flourishing, while Palestinians often do not have enough water to drink.
Water is one of the most precious resources in Israel and the Palestinian territories. This beautiful landscape - the historic fertile crescent - can be harsh and unforgiving. But with enough water, as the Book of Isaiah says, "The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom."
Israel is the world leader in water management and technology: last year, a first-of-its-kind project began pumping desalinated seawater from the Mediterranean northwards, to replenish the shrinking Sea of Galilee.
Yet rights groups contend that these successes are to the detriment of Palestinians; Israel controls about 80% of water reserves in the West Bank, but both the West Bank and Gaza Strip face severe water stress and drought.
In theory, no one living or working in Area C, the 60% of the West Bank fully controlled by Israel, can get connected to pipelines belonging to Israel's national water company without proving ownership of the land or otherwise gaining a permit from the Israeli civil administration in the territories, known as Cogat. But in practice, access to water resources is a potent state-controlled weapon for the settlement movement, allowing Israeli-owned vineyards, olive groves, livestock farms and date plantations to flourish.
Mahmoud Haj Muhammad, 33, Jalud.
April 16, 2023.
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A precious resource: how Israel uses water to control the West Bank
In occupied West Bank villages, Israeli-owned farms are flourishing, while Palestinians often do not have enough water to drink.
Water is one of the most precious resources in Israel and the Palestinian territories. This beautiful landscape - the historic fertile crescent - can be harsh and unforgiving. But with enough water, as the Book of Isaiah says, "The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom."
Israel is the world leader in water management and technology: last year, a first-of-its-kind project began pumping desalinated seawater from the Mediterranean northwards, to replenish the shrinking Sea of Galilee.
Yet rights groups contend that these successes are to the detriment of Palestinians; Israel controls about 80% of water reserves in the West Bank, but both the West Bank and Gaza Strip face severe water stress and drought.
In theory, no one living or working in Area C, the 60% of the West Bank fully controlled by Israel, can get connected to pipelines belonging to Israel's national water company without proving ownership of the land or otherwise gaining a permit from the Israeli civil administration in the territories, known as Cogat. But in practice, access to water resources is a potent state-controlled weapon for the settlement movement, allowing Israeli-owned vineyards, olive groves, livestock farms and date plantations to flourish.
The roof of Mahmoud's house in Jalud.
April 16, 2023.
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A precious resource: how Israel uses water to control the West Bank
In occupied West Bank villages, Israeli-owned farms are flourishing, while Palestinians often do not have enough water to drink.
Water is one of the most precious resources in Israel and the Palestinian territories. This beautiful landscape - the historic fertile crescent - can be harsh and unforgiving. But with enough water, as the Book of Isaiah says, "The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom."
Israel is the world leader in water management and technology: last year, a first-of-its-kind project began pumping desalinated seawater from the Mediterranean northwards, to replenish the shrinking Sea of Galilee.
Yet rights groups contend that these successes are to the detriment of Palestinians; Israel controls about 80% of water reserves in the West Bank, but both the West Bank and Gaza Strip face severe water stress and drought.
In theory, no one living or working in Area C, the 60% of the West Bank fully controlled by Israel, can get connected to pipelines belonging to Israel's national water company without proving ownership of the land or otherwise gaining a permit from the Israeli civil administration in the territories, known as Cogat. But in practice, access to water resources is a potent state-controlled weapon for the settlement movement, allowing Israeli-owned vineyards, olive groves, livestock farms and date plantations to flourish.
A settlement is visible from the roof of Mahmoud's house in Jalud.
April 16, 2023.
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A precious resource: how Israel uses water to control the West Bank
In occupied West Bank villages, Israeli-owned farms are flourishing, while Palestinians often do not have enough water to drink.
Water is one of the most precious resources in Israel and the Palestinian territories. This beautiful landscape - the historic fertile crescent - can be harsh and unforgiving. But with enough water, as the Book of Isaiah says, "The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom."
Israel is the world leader in water management and technology: last year, a first-of-its-kind project began pumping desalinated seawater from the Mediterranean northwards, to replenish the shrinking Sea of Galilee.
Yet rights groups contend that these successes are to the detriment of Palestinians; Israel controls about 80% of water reserves in the West Bank, but both the West Bank and Gaza Strip face severe water stress and drought.
In theory, no one living or working in Area C, the 60% of the West Bank fully controlled by Israel, can get connected to pipelines belonging to Israel's national water company without proving ownership of the land or otherwise gaining a permit from the Israeli civil administration in the territories, known as Cogat. But in practice, access to water resources is a potent state-controlled weapon for the settlement movement, allowing Israeli-owned vineyards, olive groves, livestock farms and date plantations to flourish.
The roof of Mahmoud's house in Jalud.
April 16, 2023.
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A precious resource: how Israel uses water to control the West Bank
In occupied West Bank villages, Israeli-owned farms are flourishing, while Palestinians often do not have enough water to drink.
Water is one of the most precious resources in Israel and the Palestinian territories. This beautiful landscape - the historic fertile crescent - can be harsh and unforgiving. But with enough water, as the Book of Isaiah says, "The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom."
Israel is the world leader in water management and technology: last year, a first-of-its-kind project began pumping desalinated seawater from the Mediterranean northwards, to replenish the shrinking Sea of Galilee.
Yet rights groups contend that these successes are to the detriment of Palestinians; Israel controls about 80% of water reserves in the West Bank, but both the West Bank and Gaza Strip face severe water stress and drought.
In theory, no one living or working in Area C, the 60% of the West Bank fully controlled by Israel, can get connected to pipelines belonging to Israel's national water company without proving ownership of the land or otherwise gaining a permit from the Israeli civil administration in the territories, known as Cogat. But in practice, access to water resources is a potent state-controlled weapon for the settlement movement, allowing Israeli-owned vineyards, olive groves, livestock farms and date plantations to flourish.
Part of the land owned by the family of Mahmoud Haj Mohammed was seized by Israeli settlers.
April 16, 2023.
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A precious resource: how Israel uses water to control the West Bank
In occupied West Bank villages, Israeli-owned farms are flourishing, while Palestinians often do not have enough water to drink.
Water is one of the most precious resources in Israel and the Palestinian territories. This beautiful landscape - the historic fertile crescent - can be harsh and unforgiving. But with enough water, as the Book of Isaiah says, "The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom."
Israel is the world leader in water management and technology: last year, a first-of-its-kind project began pumping desalinated seawater from the Mediterranean northwards, to replenish the shrinking Sea of Galilee.
Yet rights groups contend that these successes are to the detriment of Palestinians; Israel controls about 80% of water reserves in the West Bank, but both the West Bank and Gaza Strip face severe water stress and drought.
In theory, no one living or working in Area C, the 60% of the West Bank fully controlled by Israel, can get connected to pipelines belonging to Israel's national water company without proving ownership of the land or otherwise gaining a permit from the Israeli civil administration in the territories, known as Cogat. But in practice, access to water resources is a potent state-controlled weapon for the settlement movement, allowing Israeli-owned vineyards, olive groves, livestock farms and date plantations to flourish.
A settlement visible from the roof of Mahmoud Haj Mohammed's house in the occupied West Bank village of Jalud.
April 16, 2023.
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A precious resource: how Israel uses water to control the West Bank
In occupied West Bank villages, Israeli-owned farms are flourishing, while Palestinians often do not have enough water to drink.
Water is one of the most precious resources in Israel and the Palestinian territories. This beautiful landscape - the historic fertile crescent - can be harsh and unforgiving. But with enough water, as the Book of Isaiah says, "The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom."
Israel is the world leader in water management and technology: last year, a first-of-its-kind project began pumping desalinated seawater from the Mediterranean northwards, to replenish the shrinking Sea of Galilee.
Yet rights groups contend that these successes are to the detriment of Palestinians; Israel controls about 80% of water reserves in the West Bank, but both the West Bank and Gaza Strip face severe water stress and drought.
In theory, no one living or working in Area C, the 60% of the West Bank fully controlled by Israel, can get connected to pipelines belonging to Israel's national water company without proving ownership of the land or otherwise gaining a permit from the Israeli civil administration in the territories, known as Cogat. But in practice, access to water resources is a potent state-controlled weapon for the settlement movement, allowing Israeli-owned vineyards, olive groves, livestock farms and date plantations to flourish.
Israeli soldiers prevent Palestinian construction in the Qaryut territories.
April 13, 2023.
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A precious resource: how Israel uses water to control the West Bank
In occupied West Bank villages, Israeli-owned farms are flourishing, while Palestinians often do not have enough water to drink.
Water is one of the most precious resources in Israel and the Palestinian territories. This beautiful landscape - the historic fertile crescent - can be harsh and unforgiving. But with enough water, as the Book of Isaiah says, "The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom."
Israel is the world leader in water management and technology: last year, a first-of-its-kind project began pumping desalinated seawater from the Mediterranean northwards, to replenish the shrinking Sea of Galilee.
Yet rights groups contend that these successes are to the detriment of Palestinians; Israel controls about 80% of water reserves in the West Bank, but both the West Bank and Gaza Strip face severe water stress and drought.
In theory, no one living or working in Area C, the 60% of the West Bank fully controlled by Israel, can get connected to pipelines belonging to Israel's national water company without proving ownership of the land or otherwise gaining a permit from the Israeli civil administration in the territories, known as Cogat. But in practice, access to water resources is a potent state-controlled weapon for the settlement movement, allowing Israeli-owned vineyards, olive groves, livestock farms and date plantations to flourish.
Palestinian children show their produce. Jaulud.
April 16, 2023.
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A precious resource: how Israel uses water to control the West Bank
In occupied West Bank villages, Israeli-owned farms are flourishing, while Palestinians often do not have enough water to drink.
Water is one of the most precious resources in Israel and the Palestinian territories. This beautiful landscape - the historic fertile crescent - can be harsh and unforgiving. But with enough water, as the Book of Isaiah says, "The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom."
Israel is the world leader in water management and technology: last year, a first-of-its-kind project began pumping desalinated seawater from the Mediterranean northwards, to replenish the shrinking Sea of Galilee.
Yet rights groups contend that these successes are to the detriment of Palestinians; Israel controls about 80% of water reserves in the West Bank, but both the West Bank and Gaza Strip face severe water stress and drought.
In theory, no one living or working in Area C, the 60% of the West Bank fully controlled by Israel, can get connected to pipelines belonging to Israel's national water company without proving ownership of the land or otherwise gaining a permit from the Israeli civil administration in the territories, known as Cogat. But in practice, access to water resources is a potent state-controlled weapon for the settlement movement, allowing Israeli-owned vineyards, olive groves, livestock farms and date plantations to flourish.
Israeli soldiers prevent Palestinian construction in the Qaryut territories.
April 13, 2023.
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A precious resource: how Israel uses water to control the West Bank
In occupied West Bank villages, Israeli-owned farms are flourishing, while Palestinians often do not have enough water to drink.
Water is one of the most precious resources in Israel and the Palestinian territories. This beautiful landscape - the historic fertile crescent - can be harsh and unforgiving. But with enough water, as the Book of Isaiah says, "The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom."
Israel is the world leader in water management and technology: last year, a first-of-its-kind project began pumping desalinated seawater from the Mediterranean northwards, to replenish the shrinking Sea of Galilee.
Yet rights groups contend that these successes are to the detriment of Palestinians; Israel controls about 80% of water reserves in the West Bank, but both the West Bank and Gaza Strip face severe water stress and drought.
In theory, no one living or working in Area C, the 60% of the West Bank fully controlled by Israel, can get connected to pipelines belonging to Israel's national water company without proving ownership of the land or otherwise gaining a permit from the Israeli civil administration in the territories, known as Cogat. But in practice, access to water resources is a potent state-controlled weapon for the settlement movement, allowing Israeli-owned vineyards, olive groves, livestock farms and date plantations to flourish.
Qaryut.
April 16, 2023.
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A precious resource: how Israel uses water to control the West Bank
In occupied West Bank villages, Israeli-owned farms are flourishing, while Palestinians often do not have enough water to drink.
Water is one of the most precious resources in Israel and the Palestinian territories. This beautiful landscape - the historic fertile crescent - can be harsh and unforgiving. But with enough water, as the Book of Isaiah says, "The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom."
Israel is the world leader in water management and technology: last year, a first-of-its-kind project began pumping desalinated seawater from the Mediterranean northwards, to replenish the shrinking Sea of Galilee.
Yet rights groups contend that these successes are to the detriment of Palestinians; Israel controls about 80% of water reserves in the West Bank, but both the West Bank and Gaza Strip face severe water stress and drought.
In theory, no one living or working in Area C, the 60% of the West Bank fully controlled by Israel, can get connected to pipelines belonging to Israel's national water company without proving ownership of the land or otherwise gaining a permit from the Israeli civil administration in the territories, known as Cogat. But in practice, access to water resources is a potent state-controlled weapon for the settlement movement, allowing Israeli-owned vineyards, olive groves, livestock farms and date plantations to flourish.
Qaryut.
April 16, 2023.
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A precious resource: how Israel uses water to control the West Bank
In occupied West Bank villages, Israeli-owned farms are flourishing, while Palestinians often do not have enough water to drink.
Water is one of the most precious resources in Israel and the Palestinian territories. This beautiful landscape - the historic fertile crescent - can be harsh and unforgiving. But with enough water, as the Book of Isaiah says, "The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom."
Israel is the world leader in water management and technology: last year, a first-of-its-kind project began pumping desalinated seawater from the Mediterranean northwards, to replenish the shrinking Sea of Galilee.
Yet rights groups contend that these successes are to the detriment of Palestinians; Israel controls about 80% of water reserves in the West Bank, but both the West Bank and Gaza Strip face severe water stress and drought.
In theory, no one living or working in Area C, the 60% of the West Bank fully controlled by Israel, can get connected to pipelines belonging to Israel's national water company without proving ownership of the land or otherwise gaining a permit from the Israeli civil administration in the territories, known as Cogat. But in practice, access to water resources is a potent state-controlled weapon for the settlement movement, allowing Israeli-owned vineyards, olive groves, livestock farms and date plantations to flourish.
Jamal Deeb, a resident of Qaryut, where land claimed by several local families has been taken over by the agricultural business Meshek Achiya.
Jamal Deeb, 55, Qaryut.
April 16, 2023.
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A precious resource: how Israel uses water to control the West Bank
In occupied West Bank villages, Israeli-owned farms are flourishing, while Palestinians often do not have enough water to drink.
Water is one of the most precious resources in Israel and the Palestinian territories. This beautiful landscape - the historic fertile crescent - can be harsh and unforgiving. But with enough water, as the Book of Isaiah says, "The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom."
Israel is the world leader in water management and technology: last year, a first-of-its-kind project began pumping desalinated seawater from the Mediterranean northwards, to replenish the shrinking Sea of Galilee.
Yet rights groups contend that these successes are to the detriment of Palestinians; Israel controls about 80% of water reserves in the West Bank, but both the West Bank and Gaza Strip face severe water stress and drought.
In theory, no one living or working in Area C, the 60% of the West Bank fully controlled by Israel, can get connected to pipelines belonging to Israel's national water company without proving ownership of the land or otherwise gaining a permit from the Israeli civil administration in the territories, known as Cogat. But in practice, access to water resources is a potent state-controlled weapon for the settlement movement, allowing Israeli-owned vineyards, olive groves, livestock farms and date plantations to flourish.
Qaryut. Meshek Achiya has claimed in legal filings that the land it farms was bought from other settlers
April 16, 2023.
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A precious resource: how Israel uses water to control the West Bank
In occupied West Bank villages, Israeli-owned farms are flourishing, while Palestinians often do not have enough water to drink.
Water is one of the most precious resources in Israel and the Palestinian territories. This beautiful landscape - the historic fertile crescent - can be harsh and unforgiving. But with enough water, as the Book of Isaiah says, "The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom."
Israel is the world leader in water management and technology: last year, a first-of-its-kind project began pumping desalinated seawater from the Mediterranean northwards, to replenish the shrinking Sea of Galilee.
Yet rights groups contend that these successes are to the detriment of Palestinians; Israel controls about 80% of water reserves in the West Bank, but both the West Bank and Gaza Strip face severe water stress and drought.
In theory, no one living or working in Area C, the 60% of the West Bank fully controlled by Israel, can get connected to pipelines belonging to Israel's national water company without proving ownership of the land or otherwise gaining a permit from the Israeli civil administration in the territories, known as Cogat. But in practice, access to water resources is a potent state-controlled weapon for the settlement movement, allowing Israeli-owned vineyards, olive groves, livestock farms and date plantations to flourish.
Qaryut. Meshek Achiya has claimed in legal filings that the land it farms was bought from other settlers
April 16, 2023.
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A precious resource: how Israel uses water to control the West Bank
In occupied West Bank villages, Israeli-owned farms are flourishing, while Palestinians often do not have enough water to drink.
Water is one of the most precious resources in Israel and the Palestinian territories. This beautiful landscape - the historic fertile crescent - can be harsh and unforgiving. But with enough water, as the Book of Isaiah says, "The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom."
Israel is the world leader in water management and technology: last year, a first-of-its-kind project began pumping desalinated seawater from the Mediterranean northwards, to replenish the shrinking Sea of Galilee.
Yet rights groups contend that these successes are to the detriment of Palestinians; Israel controls about 80% of water reserves in the West Bank, but both the West Bank and Gaza Strip face severe water stress and drought.
In theory, no one living or working in Area C, the 60% of the West Bank fully controlled by Israel, can get connected to pipelines belonging to Israel's national water company without proving ownership of the land or otherwise gaining a permit from the Israeli civil administration in the territories, known as Cogat. But in practice, access to water resources is a potent state-controlled weapon for the settlement movement, allowing Israeli-owned vineyards, olive groves, livestock farms and date plantations to flourish.
Trunk of an olive tree in Qaryut.
April 13, 2023.
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A precious resource: how Israel uses water to control the West Bank
In occupied West Bank villages, Israeli-owned farms are flourishing, while Palestinians often do not have enough water to drink.
Water is one of the most precious resources in Israel and the Palestinian territories. This beautiful landscape - the historic fertile crescent - can be harsh and unforgiving. But with enough water, as the Book of Isaiah says, "The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom."
Israel is the world leader in water management and technology: last year, a first-of-its-kind project began pumping desalinated seawater from the Mediterranean northwards, to replenish the shrinking Sea of Galilee.
Yet rights groups contend that these successes are to the detriment of Palestinians; Israel controls about 80% of water reserves in the West Bank, but both the West Bank and Gaza Strip face severe water stress and drought.
In theory, no one living or working in Area C, the 60% of the West Bank fully controlled by Israel, can get connected to pipelines belonging to Israel's national water company without proving ownership of the land or otherwise gaining a permit from the Israeli civil administration in the territories, known as Cogat. But in practice, access to water resources is a potent state-controlled weapon for the settlement movement, allowing Israeli-owned vineyards, olive groves, livestock farms and date plantations to flourish.
A water source in the area of Qaryut.
April 13, 2023.
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A precious resource: how Israel uses water to control the West Bank
In occupied West Bank villages, Israeli-owned farms are flourishing, while Palestinians often do not have enough water to drink.
Water is one of the most precious resources in Israel and the Palestinian territories. This beautiful landscape - the historic fertile crescent - can be harsh and unforgiving. But with enough water, as the Book of Isaiah says, "The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom."
Israel is the world leader in water management and technology: last year, a first-of-its-kind project began pumping desalinated seawater from the Mediterranean northwards, to replenish the shrinking Sea of Galilee.
Yet rights groups contend that these successes are to the detriment of Palestinians; Israel controls about 80% of water reserves in the West Bank, but both the West Bank and Gaza Strip face severe water stress and drought.
In theory, no one living or working in Area C, the 60% of the West Bank fully controlled by Israel, can get connected to pipelines belonging to Israel's national water company without proving ownership of the land or otherwise gaining a permit from the Israeli civil administration in the territories, known as Cogat. But in practice, access to water resources is a potent state-controlled weapon for the settlement movement, allowing Israeli-owned vineyards, olive groves, livestock farms and date plantations to flourish.
Jamal Deeb, 55, Qaryut.
April 16, 2023.
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A precious resource: how Israel uses water to control the West Bank
In occupied West Bank villages, Israeli-owned farms are flourishing, while Palestinians often do not have enough water to drink.
Water is one of the most precious resources in Israel and the Palestinian territories. This beautiful landscape - the historic fertile crescent - can be harsh and unforgiving. But with enough water, as the Book of Isaiah says, "The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom."
Israel is the world leader in water management and technology: last year, a first-of-its-kind project began pumping desalinated seawater from the Mediterranean northwards, to replenish the shrinking Sea of Galilee.
Yet rights groups contend that these successes are to the detriment of Palestinians; Israel controls about 80% of water reserves in the West Bank, but both the West Bank and Gaza Strip face severe water stress and drought.
In theory, no one living or working in Area C, the 60% of the West Bank fully controlled by Israel, can get connected to pipelines belonging to Israel's national water company without proving ownership of the land or otherwise gaining a permit from the Israeli civil administration in the territories, known as Cogat. But in practice, access to water resources is a potent state-controlled weapon for the settlement movement, allowing Israeli-owned vineyards, olive groves, livestock farms and date plantations to flourish.
Jamal Deeb, 55, Qaryut.
April 16, 2023.
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It is not a problem any more: Israels increasingly porous West Bank fence
Questions raised over point of barrier as Israel turns blind eye to many crossings for economic reasons.
Two years ago, Palestinians entering this 200-metre-wide part of the militarised “seam zone” between Israel’s West Bank separation barrier and the 1949 armistice line would have been shot at by Israeli soldiers. They still patrol just a few metres away. But on a bright March morning, a steady stream of commuters are clambering through a hole in the fencing, the majority on their way to work in illegal construction, cleaning and agriculture jobs in Israeli communities on the other side.
Palestinians cross the broken separating barrier between Baqa al Gharbiya and Baka al Sharkia in the West Bank. Hundreds of breaks in the separating barrier constructed by Israel are used by Palestinians to work inside Israel, without permits. Thousands of Palestinians all over the West Bank, cross the broken fence in search of work.
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It is not a problem any more: Israels increasingly porous West Bank fence
Questions raised over point of barrier as Israel turns blind eye to many crossings for economic reasons.
Two years ago, Palestinians entering this 200-metre-wide part of the militarised “seam zone” between Israel’s West Bank separation barrier and the 1949 armistice line would have been shot at by Israeli soldiers. They still patrol just a few metres away. But on a bright March morning, a steady stream of commuters are clambering through a hole in the fencing, the majority on their way to work in illegal construction, cleaning and agriculture jobs in Israeli communities on the other side.
A breake in the separating barrier next to the Palestinian village Atil, West Bank. Hundreds of breaks in the separating barrier constructed by Israel are used by Palestinians to work inside Israel, without permits. Thousands of Palestinians all over the West Bank, cross the broken fence in search of work.
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It is not a problem any more: Israels increasingly porous West Bank fence
Questions raised over point of barrier as Israel turns blind eye to many crossings for economic reasons.
Two years ago, Palestinians entering this 200-metre-wide part of the militarised “seam zone” between Israel’s West Bank separation barrier and the 1949 armistice line would have been shot at by Israeli soldiers. They still patrol just a few metres away. But on a bright March morning, a steady stream of commuters are clambering through a hole in the fencing, the majority on their way to work in illegal construction, cleaning and agriculture jobs in Israeli communities on the other side.
Mohammed, 30 (no family name given) preapers espresso cafe in his kiosk next to the broken separating barrier next to the Palestinian village Shueka, West Bank. Hundreds of breaks in the separating barrier constructed by Israel are used by Palestinians to work inside Israel, without permits. Thousands of Palestinians all over the West Bank, cross the broken fence in search of work.
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It is not a problem any more: Israels increasingly porous West Bank fence
Questions raised over point of barrier as Israel turns blind eye to many crossings for economic reasons.
Two years ago, Palestinians entering this 200-metre-wide part of the militarised “seam zone” between Israel’s West Bank separation barrier and the 1949 armistice line would have been shot at by Israeli soldiers. They still patrol just a few metres away. But on a bright March morning, a steady stream of commuters are clambering through a hole in the fencing, the majority on their way to work in illegal construction, cleaning and agriculture jobs in Israeli communities on the other side.
Mohammed, 30 (no family name given) preapers espresso cafe in his kiosk next to the broken separating barrier next to the Palestinian village Shueka, West Bank. Hundreds of breaks in the separating barrier constructed by Israel are used by Palestinians to work inside Israel, without permits. Thousands of Palestinians all over the West Bank, cross the broken fence in search of work.
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It is not a problem any more: Israels increasingly porous West Bank fence
Questions raised over point of barrier as Israel turns blind eye to many crossings for economic reasons.
Two years ago, Palestinians entering this 200-metre-wide part of the militarised “seam zone” between Israel’s West Bank separation barrier and the 1949 armistice line would have been shot at by Israeli soldiers. They still patrol just a few metres away. But on a bright March morning, a steady stream of commuters are clambering through a hole in the fencing, the majority on their way to work in illegal construction, cleaning and agriculture jobs in Israeli communities on the other side.
Palestinian women cross the broken separating barrier next to the Palestinian village Shueka, West Bank. Hundreds of breaks in the separating barrier constructed by Israel are used by Palestinians to work inside Israel, without permits. Thousands of Palestinians all over the West Bank, cross the broken fence in search of work.
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It is not a problem any more: Israels increasingly porous West Bank fence
Questions raised over point of barrier as Israel turns blind eye to many crossings for economic reasons.
Two years ago, Palestinians entering this 200-metre-wide part of the militarised “seam zone” between Israel’s West Bank separation barrier and the 1949 armistice line would have been shot at by Israeli soldiers. They still patrol just a few metres away. But on a bright March morning, a steady stream of commuters are clambering through a hole in the fencing, the majority on their way to work in illegal construction, cleaning and agriculture jobs in Israeli communities on the other side.
Palestinian men cross the broken separating barrier next to the Palestinian village Shueka, West Bank. Hundreds of breaks in the separating barrier constructed by Israel are used by Palestinians to work inside Israel, without permits. Thousands of Palestinians all over the West Bank, cross the broken fence in search of work.
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It is not a problem any more: Israels increasingly porous West Bank fence
Questions raised over point of barrier as Israel turns blind eye to many crossings for economic reasons.
Two years ago, Palestinians entering this 200-metre-wide part of the militarised “seam zone” between Israel’s West Bank separation barrier and the 1949 armistice line would have been shot at by Israeli soldiers. They still patrol just a few metres away. But on a bright March morning, a steady stream of commuters are clambering through a hole in the fencing, the majority on their way to work in illegal construction, cleaning and agriculture jobs in Israeli communities on the other side.
Palestinian men cross the broken separating barrier next to the Palestinian village Shueka, West Bank. Hundreds of breaks in the separating barrier constructed by Israel are used by Palestinians to work inside Israel, without permits. Thousands of Palestinians all over the West Bank, cross the broken fence in search of work.
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