The Jordan Valley: A Microcosm of the Israeli Occupation

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1 PLO NEGOTIATIONS AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT The Jordan Valley: A Microcosm of the Israeli Occupation Factsheet December 2011 Introduction The Jordan Valley, the area west of the Jordan River, extends from the Green Line in the north to the southern part of the Dead Sea covers 1,611,723 dunums, and makes up approximately 28.8 percent of the West Bank. There are approximately 70,000 1 Palestinians residing in the Jordan Valley, the majority of whom (71.5 percent), live in Jericho. Following the Oslo Accords, the Jordan Valley, except for the enclave around Jericho, was classified as Area C (89%), over which Israel maintains complete security and administrative control. A recent UN study on parts of the occupied Palestinian territory ( OPT ) designated as Area C concludes that Israel s illegal settlement policies, home demolitions, and other measures are examples of clear patterns of displacement 2 and that Palestinian residents have to leave their homes and communities to meet their basic needs. 3 The Jordan Valley is strategically important for the Palestinian people, given its political, cultural, economic and geographic value. The Jordan Valley is important not only for tourism, but also for its fertile land, natural resources and a warm climate appropriate for a wide range of agriculturerelated industries. Since the occupation of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip in 1967, Israel has sought to annex the Jordan Valley through a series of policies and actions. In fact, over the past 44 years of occupation, Israeli policies, including home demolition and confiscation of land, have reduced the Palestinian population in the Jordan Valley and shrunk the area accessible to Palestinians to a mere 6% of the Valley. The area s abundant water and other resources are denied to Palestinians while Israeli settlers reap tens of millions of dollars annually from industries that illegally use Jordan Valley resources. Israel has also designated large areas of the Valley as firing range and military zones and nature reserves, banning Palestinians from much of the area. In fact, the majority of Israeli-declared closed military areas located in the Jordan Valley twitter:@nadplo Page 1

2 Background [T]he Jordan Valley is one of the most restricted areas on earth. Since 1967 Israel has devised and implemented systematic measures aimed at ensuring absolute control over the region and isolating it from the rest of the West Bank. 4 UN OCHA Report The Jordan Valley refers to the area of the West Bank bound by the 1967 border to the north and south, by the Jordan River and the Dead Sea to the east, and by the eastern slopes of the West Bank mountain ridge to the west. It constitutes more than a quarter of the total area of the West Bank. There are 44 Palestinian localities in the Jordan Valley with a built-up area of approximately 20 km 2. Of these, 17 have a chiefly nomadic population, and the remaining 27 are primarily sedentary communities. The Palestinian population of the Jordan Valley stands at approximate 70, The majority of the population (about 76%) resides in the Jericho governorate, while the remainder lives mainly villages in the Jiftlik area and in the northern Jordan Valley. No permanent Palestinian communities exist in the Jordan Valley s southern desert and Dead Sea areas. The Jordan Valley economy is based primarily on agriculture, animal grazing and tourism. The area remains dependent on urban centers in Jericho, Nablus, and Tubas for educational services, especially secondary and university education, and on the cities of Jericho, Jenin, Nablus, Jerusalem, and Bethlehem for health services. 6 Jordan Valley Vital to Palestine s Viability The Jordan Valley is a unique area that offers opportunities in nearly all major economic sectors. The area is of immense political and economic importance to Palestine. It has great potential for agricultural and industrial development, and is important for tourism and transportation as well. The Valley is considered vital to Palestinian economic recovery and development; investment in the region remains a strategic priority. Natural Resources (Water & Agriculture) Water: The Jordan Valley contains one of the richest water resources and the most fertile land in the OPT. It grounds approximately one third 7 of the water reserve in the West Bank and it contains water from the Jordan River Basin, underground water from the Eastern Aquifer and water flowing into the Jordan River from the West Bank. The Jordan River is the most important shared surface water resource for Israel and the West Bank. It supplies up to 650 MCM/Y 8 of water to Israel and none to the Palestinians. However, due to unequal access to water, Israel s water consumption stands at some 2,000 to 2,200 MCM/Y for a population of 7 million (some 1,500 MCM is fresh Ibid twitter:@nadplo Page 2

3 water, with the remainder composed of desalinated seawater and treated wastewater). Most of Israel s fresh water supplies are drawn from the shared groundwater and common surface water resources more than 400 MCM/Y from the Mountain Aquifer and up to 650 MCM/Y from the diverted Jordan River the Valley s Israel settlers in the Jordan Valley consume approximately 6.6 times more water per capita annually than the approximately 70,000 Palestinian residents. Israel controls Palestinian access to water in two main ways. First, Israel requires that permits be obtained for the digging of new wells and the upgrade of existing ones. However, such permits are rarely granted. As such, Palestinians must rely on the decreasing output from wells dug before Second, the Israeli military often restricts access to water sources, citing security reasons. For instance, in some Palestinian villages, because their access to water has been so severely restricted, farmers are unable to cultivate the land, or even to grow small amounts of food for their personal consumption or for animal fodder, and have thus been forced to reduce the size of their herds. Water is a basic need and a right, but for many Palestinians obtaining even poor-quality subsistencelevel quantities of water has become a luxury that they can barely afford, Donatella Rovera Agriculture: The Jordan Valley is the breadbasket for the future Palestinian State. The extensive water resources, combined with the large areas of land available in the Jordan Valley, offer Palestinians the means to grow and export a range of agricultural goods. Israeli restrictions and the illegal settlement enterprise have restricted Palestinians to the cultivation of a mere 4.7% of the Jordan Valley's total area. 9 Today, Palestinians can only cultivate 5,300 square meters in the Jordan Valley. The Jordan Valley is a main source of export-oriented and high value agricultural products. The value of plants produced per km²in this region is the highest in the West Bank, nearly 4-10 times more than that of other governorates. 10 Many of the illegal Israeli settlements and outposts rely on agriculture in the Jordan Valley.. By illegally cultivating large portions of the land in the Jordan Valley, settlers are increasing their control over the area and preventing Palestinian access and use. 11 The settler population may be small, but most settlers cultivate large areas of land, threatening the viability of the area for Palestinian communities and farmers. Indeed, most of the Jordan Valley falls under the jurisdiction of settlement councils. In recent years the Israeli government has profited millions of US dollars from their investments in the agriculture. According to Israeli Director General of the settlement department Yaron Ben- Ezra, the volume of settler s agricultural products in the Jordan Valley has reached 458 million shekels (about $114.5 million) in On 28/06/2011 Haaretz newspaper quoted Danny Kretschmann head of the Israeli Settlement division in the Histadrut, his intention to intensify settlement construction in the West Bank and to turn around 43,000 dunums in the Jordan Valley to agricultural land to the benefit of the Israeli settlers. There are 21 Israeli agriculture settlements and employees nearly 6 thousand Palestinian workers. In addition for every settler there are 35 dunums 9 PBC Data PBC Data UNOCHA twitter:@nadplo Page 3

4 of agricultural land, but in recent years there was a demand to increase the amount of land to reach to 80 dunums to make it equal to the farmers in the Negev. Killing the Jordan Valley s Vitality and Palestine s Viability Israeli Policies: The current Israeli government, headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has encouraged and defended the lucrative illegal Israeli settlement enterprise in the Jordan Valley.. But control of the Jordan Valley has been one of the cornerstones of successive Israeli governments. In 1967, Yigal Allon, Israel s then Deputy Prime Minister, proposed a plan, later dubbed the Allon Plan. In it, Allon called for the creation of defensible borders for Israel by, amongst other things, imposing Israeli sovereignty over the Jordan Valley.. 12 Since then, numerous Israeli leaders, including Yitzhak Rabin, Ariel Sharon, Benjamin Netanyahu, Shaul Mofaz, and Ehud Olmert have insisted, albeit to varying degrees, on the importance of maintaining a presence in the Jordan Valley, allegedly to safeguard Israel s security. The Jordan Valley is almost entirely under Israeli control, with an electronic fence running the length of the eastern border facing Jordan. In early negotiating rounds of Camp David, Israel sought to annex, lease or otherwise retain permanent control over the Jordan Valley. Meanwhile, successive Israeli governments have maintained a stranglehold on the Jordan Valley and encouraged continued illegal settlement expansion in the area. In the past two years, Israel has also stepped up its home-demolition policy in the Jordan Valley. Settlements: Among the first Israeli settlements to be built in the (OPT) were those in the Jordan Valley. In fact, in the decade following the 1967 war, 21Israeli settlements were built in the Jordan Valley. 13 Currently, there are settlements in the Jordan Valley, constituting some 20% of all settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (OPT), with a built-up area of approximately 15 km 2. In general, the settlements are isolated from one another, and are spread out over a vast area. These settlements depend mainly on agriculture, with the exception of Ma'ale Efrayim, which is an urban settlement. 15 The population of the Jordan Valley settlements is approximately 9, In addition to these 33 settlements, seven settlement outposts were established in the post-oslo era. 17 In addition, a series of outposts have been established in recent years east of the illegal settlements of Shilo, Itamar and Elon Moreh to connect isolated mountain ridge settlements to the Jordan Valley Yigal Allon, Israel: The Case for Defensible Borders ( ) 55 Foreign Aff. 38; and [Author unknown], Allon Plan and Commentary 13 PUNOCHA 14 Peace Now. 15 Yehezkel Lein, Land Grab: Israel s Settlement Policy in the West Bank (Jerusalem: B Tselem, May 2002) at 94 [Land Grab]. 16 Based on Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics 2009 population figures. 17 PMG, supra note X at 4. The outposts are: Givat Salit, Ma ale Shlomo, Ma ale Shlomo South, Mitzpe Kramim, Mul Nevo, Yitav East, and Mevo ot Yericho. Peace Now counts 5 outposts (Supra note X). 18 Peace Now, ibid. twitter:@nadplo Page 4

5 The majority of these illegal settlements are located in the central Jordan Valley, with several in the north and a couple in the south. They are primarily concentrated along 2 major roads: 1) Road #90, which runs north-south along the Jordan River; 2) and what is referred to as the Allon Road, built in the 1970s along the eastern slopes of the West Bank mountain range. Israeli settlements are also located along the east-west, settler by-pass roads that connect Road #90 with the Allon Road. One of these east-west links connects the Jordan Valley to Tel Aviv (the so-called Trans-Samaria Highway or Road #505), and another connects it to occupied East Jerusalem and then to areas in Israel (Road #1). 19 In recent years, the Israeli government has announced various expansion initiatives in Jordan Valley settlements. Between 2003 and 2005, Israel approved more than NIS 500 million for projects in the Jordan Valley with the aim of doubling the Israeli population there by the year This money was spent on building new illegal housing units and tourist sites, providing agricultural subsidies and tax-cuts, as well as offering grants to couples who decide to move into one of the Jordan Valley s settlements. In May 2006, Israeli authorities signed military orders ordering the expansion of the jurisdictional boundaries of several settlements, including Maskiyyot, following Israel s unilateral exit from the Gaza Strip. Israeli authorities also approved the construction of 20 housing units in September Nearly all of the Jordan Valley, including its 33 settlements, is considered by Israel as state land. 20 Consequently, nearly all of the Jordan Valley has been officially sanctioned by Israel as a land reserve for future settlement expansion. Aside from their devastating effect on Palestinian lives and livelihoods, these illegal practices are in flagrant violation of Israel s obligations, as an occupying power, under international law and international humanitarian law. International law considers all settlements illegal. Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention Relevant to the Protection of Civilians in Times of War (1949) prohibits the transfer of the occupier s population to the occupied territory. Over the years, the United Nations has adopted several resolutions reiterating the illegality of Israeli settlements in the OPT. The United Nations General Assembly confirms on a yearly basis the applicability of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 to the OPT. See annex 1 Movement Restrictions: Israel has severed the Jordan Valley from the rest of the West Bank through a series of severe movement restrictions. According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), all routes leading into the Jordan Valley north of Jericho are tightly controlled by four permanently staffed checkpoints, which prohibit the access of private Palestinian vehicles to the area, unless they are Jordan Valley residents. 21 Additionally, Palestinian travel along Route 90, the main Jordan Valley road, is heavily restricted, and settlers are the primary users of the road. Such restrictions lead to delays and detours, which undermine the livelihoods of the farmers. Israel also utilizes a strict permit regime to control access to the Jordan Valley. Permit requirements have a significant negative impact on the livelihoods of farmers who live in cities outside of the 19 PMG 20 ARIJ says 703 km2 of the Jordan Valley has been declared state land (ARIJ, supra note X). 21 UNOCHA twitter:@nadplo Page 5

6 Jordan Valley, but who own and cultivate land in the area. These farmers cannot drive vehicles in or out of the Jordan Valley area, forcing them to send money on transportation, thus increasing their operation costs. Demolitions, Evictions, Fire Zones and Permits: Israel prohibits Palestinian construction on more than half of the Jordan Valley, which it has declared either state land or fire zones. Currently, the Palestinian population in the Jordan Valley is restricted to only six percent of the Valley. 22 UNOCHA reports, In almost the entirety of the Jordan Valley, Palestinian construction is prohibited. 23 Building on the Israeli-declared state land requires a permit issued by the Israeli Civil Administration (ICA), which are rarely granted. In fact, the Israeli Ministry of Defense admits that between January 2000 and September 2007, 94 percent of the applications to build in Area C were rejected. 24 According to a Save the Children UK research study, 31% of surveyed households in high risk areas in the West Bank, including the Jordan Valley, have been either temporarily or permanently displaced at least once since the year 2000 primarily as a result of Israeli military orders (31%) and house demolitions (23%). [Save the Children UK / NEC research] 25 UNOCHA Factsheet Furthermore, Israeli fire zones and nature reserves prevent construction on an additional 44 percent of the Jordan Valley. Fire zones are closed military zones used to train Israeli troops. However, many of these fire zones have been strategically located to offer a physical separation between the Israeli settler population and Palestinians. Fire zones specifically target vulnerable herder communities who reside in such areas or use them for grazing land. Currently, there are five communities located in such firing zones: Al Farisiya, Al Malih, Al Ras Al Ahmar, Khirbet Humsa, and Al Hudidiya. Palestinians who live in these areas run the risk of having their animals confiscated, being arrested, and having their property demolished. Due to these severe restrictions on construction, Palestinians are often forced to build on their land without Israeli permission, which then leaves them in danger of forced eviction or property demolition. In fact, home demolitions are one of the most significant issues affecting Palestinians in the Jordan Valley today. For example, the village of Al Aqaba, located on the northwestern edge of the Jordan Valley, is now situated between two military bases. Due to the harsh movement restrictions and a large number of home demolitions carried out by the Israeli military, between 1967 and 2006, 85 percent of the villages population emigrated. In another example, in June 2009, collective eviction orders were issued to Palestinians living in the al Ras Al Ahmar area. Twenty-eight families were given 48 hours to vacate the area before their homes were to be demolished. On June 4, 2009, Israeli occupation forces demolished 63 structures in the area, making 128 people homeless, or one-third of the residents of the Ras Al Ahmar community Save the Children 23 UNOCHA 24 UNOCHA 25http:// 26 The Land Research Center (LRC), The Jordan Valley: Survival War and Steadfastness on the Land, available at last accessed July 20, twitter:@nadplo Page 6

7 Military Zones: Under the pretext of security, Israel has declared more than 400 km 2 of the Jordan Valley (18% of the occupied West Bank) as closed military zones. 27 These areas include open-fire zones, military training sites, and dozens of minefields located east of Road #90, behind a 20-meter-wide fence structure that Israel set up along the Jordan River after the 1967 war. All such areas are inaccessible to Palestinians. By declaring such a large amount of land closed, Israel has drastically reduced the amount of land available to Palestinians for agricultural and animal grazing activities, the major livelihood sources for Jordan Valley communities. 27 PMG. twitter:@nadplo Page 7

8 Israeli Settlements and Industries in the Jordan Valley1 No Settlement Name Population Industries. 1 Almog 170 Almog Tradex: Markets and exports dried fruit and nuts, incl. dates grown in Jordan Valley settlements, including Hadiklaim dates. 2 Argaman n/a n/a 3 Avenat 175 n/a 4 Beqa'ot 102 Mehadrin Tnuport Export: Exports produce from Beqa'ot sett to Israel and overseas. Yehezkel Morad: A building contractor for infrastructure and earth works. Works on the new checkpoint, Ofer, on Road 443. Chosen by Israeli MoD to build the Wall in the Masha area and near Beit Horon sett. Won an MoD contract to build a road around Beqa'ot sett in JV. 5 Brosh (Bitronot) n/a n/a 6 Elisha n/a n/a 7 En Hogla (Mehane 148 n/a Nevo) 8 Gilgal 214 Avniv: Has a large packing house in the agricultural area between Gilgal and Netiv Hagdud setts. Avniv sells grapes, figs, peppers, tomatoes, cherry tomatoes and herbs. Exports peppers to Europe and Russia. Spideshe: Ready to grow lawn. 9 Gittit 119 n/a 10 Hemdat 1,619 n/a 11 Kochav HaShahar 1,377 Mordechai Binyamin and Sons Earth Works: A construction firm. Operates Kochav Hashahar quarry (through Kochav Hashahar Operation company) near a sett of the same name. One of the selected contractors that won the Israeli MoD tender for infrastructure works for the Wall. Additionally, performed construction and maintenance of sett roads, incl. Road Ma'ale Efrayim n/a Arieh Plast: Nylon bags in Ma'ale Efrayim industrial sett. Atid Packaging: A packing factory. The offices of the company are located in Oranit sett, and the factory is located in Ma'ale Efrayim sett. Aviah: Safety equipment in Ma'ale Efrayim sett. Feber Brothers: Metal works in Ma'ale Efrayim sett. Supergum Industries: Manufacture rubber, plastic and sealing products for automotive, industrial and military applications. A supplier of the Israeli army. The company s plastics factory is located in the Ma'ale Efrayim industrial sett, and the rubber factory is in the Barkan industrial settlement. Tohikon: Arts and crafts in Ma'ale Efrayim sett. 13 Maskiyyot 136 n/a 14 Massu'a 357 Agrexco Agricultural Export Company: 1 Sources: Corporate Watch, Gush Shalom, Karama, Who Profits twitter:@nadplo Page 1

9 15 Bet Ha'Arava n/a Export fruits, vegetables and flowers from Israel/Palestine, some of which are grown in settlements. In a court 16 Hamra 163 case in Nov 2006, then Agrexco UK General Manager Amos Orr testified that Agrexco markets 60-70% of the agricultural produce grown in settlements. Common Brand names: Carmel, Carmel Bio Top (organic produce), Jaffa, Jordan Plains and Alesia. The company has a regional office in the JV. Organica: Spices in Hamra sett. Zorgenika: Organic dates in Hamra sett. 17 Mechola (Kfar Mechola) 112 Arava Export Growers: Exports fruits, vegetables and herbs under the "Arava" brand name, incl. some (peppers, grapes, tomatoes, herbs and organic products) grown in JV setts. incl. Jordan River Herbs grown in Mechola sett. Jordan River Herbs: Herb farm in Mechola sett in JV. 18 Mechora 171 N.R.S Consulting and Engineering: Provide consulting and supervising services for construction projects, 19 Tomer 190 Amir Marketing and Investment in Agriculture: Markets pesticides, fertilizers, blends and packing materials to farmers in Israel. Has 32 branches, at least one in JV sett, Tomer. Chen Eastern Industries: Packs and transports fruits and vegetables. Located in JV sett of Tomer. Eastern Lines: A logistics company specializing in the transporting of fruits and vegetables. Located in JV sett of Tomer. Transports agricultural products from JV into Israel. Edom UK: Exports agricultural goods from a packing house in Tomer sett. TBP Export: Have a packing house for produce in Tomer sett. Tomer Organic: Dates from Tomer sett. 20 Netiv HaGedud 217 Avniv: Has a large packing house in the agricultural area between Gilgal and Netiv Hagdud setts. Avniv advertise grapes, figs, peppers, tomatoes, cherry tomatoes and herbs. Export peppers to Europe and Russia. Kerur Habikha: Constructs and maintains large cooling houses and industrial air conditioning, and manufactures desert cooling systems. Located in Netiv HaGedud sett in JV. 21 Peza'el (Fatsa'el) 274 n/a 22 Mitzpe Yericho 128 n/a 23 Mitzpe Shalem 1,701 Ahava Dead Sea Laboratories: Manufactures cosmetic products using minerals from the Dead Sea. The company factory and visitors' center are located in Mitzpe Shalom settlement. 24 Na'ama (No'omi) 56 Aroma Nama: Produces and distributes herbal seasoning. Located in Na ama sett in JV. Field Produce: Purchases, processes and markets nuts, seeds and dates from Israeli growers. Exports Medjoul dates. Its packing house for dates is located in Na'ama sett. Tnuva: The largest food distributor in Israel. Owns 25% of Agrexco Agricultural Export Company, which exports fruits, vegetables and flowers grown in setts. Also holds 42% of the shares of Field Produce, which is located in Na'ama sett in JV. 25 Na'aran (Niran) 114 AdaFresh: Exports products from JV setts, incl. products of Eitan and Inon Herbs from Na'ama sett. twitter:@nadplo Page 2

10 26 Qalya 619 n/a 27 Rimmonim 126 n/a 28 Ro'i n/a G.M. Advanced Fencing and Security Technologies: Manufacture electric fences and intrusion detection systems for fences. Provide electric fences to setts, incl. Ro'i in JV. 29 Rotem 542 n/a 30 Shadmot Mechola 290 Meshek Zuriel Dairy: Manufactures dairy products. Owns a dairy farm in Shadmot Mechola sett in JV. Tara (Milco Industries): Manufactures and distributes dairy products. The company is a major shareholder (approx. 52%) of Meshek Zuriel Dairy, which owns a dairy farm in Shadmot Mechola sett in JV. 31 Ein Feshka (Einut Zukim): Nature reserve, water pools and streams, bathing beaches and excursions. 32 Vered Yericho 111 n/a 33 Yafit 187 n/a 34 Yitav 170 n/a 35 Hill 777 n/a n/a 36 Hill 836 n/a n/a 37 Giv at Olem n/a n/a 38 Dead Sea n/a Kalia Beach: Water park, swimming pools, beach. Siesta Beach Sea: Cafeteria, beach, amusement Park. 39 Qumran n/a Kalia Guest House: 3-stars hotel in the Qumran area, with 58 rooms. Qumran National Park: Archaeological site, restaurant, souvenir shop 40 Other settlement businesses in Jordan Valley Veolia Environnement: A multinational French company operating in the fields of water, waste management, energy and transport services. Through its subsidiary Connex Israel, it is one of the companies in the CityPass cosortium, contracted to operate the light rail project in Jerusalem. Through its subsidiary Veolia Environmental Services Israel (which has bought T.M.M. Integrated Recycling Services), it owns and operates the Tovlan Landfill in the JV. The subsidiary Connex also operates regular bus services to setts, incl. Beit Horon and Givat Ze'ev. Afcon Industries Group: Engages in the design, manufacture, integration and marketing of electromechanical and control systems. Afcon Control and Automation has supplied CEIA metal detectors to Israeli military checkpoints, incl. the Bilal Mosque checkpoint, the Beit Iba checkpoint, and JV checkpoints. CEIA Costruzioni Elettroniche Industriali Automatismi: Manufacture metal detectors and electromagnetic generators. Their detectors are installed in Israeli checkpoints, incl. Bilal Mosque checkpoint (Hebron), Beit Iba checkpoint (Nablus), and Tayasir checkpoint (JV). The detectors were supplied by Afcon Control and Automation. Hadiklaim - Israel Date Growers Cooperative: Exports dates from Israel and setts, esp. in JV. Haosef Services: Provide waste disposal containers to checkpoints and army bases in JV. Hishatil: A plant-nurseries corporation with four plant nurseries inside Israel, four in international locations (Turkey, Italy, South Africa and Bosnia), and one in Susia sett. Additionally, some of the growers of company twitter:@nadplo Page 3

11 products are in JV setts. Jordan Plains Development Corporation: Provide delivery and packing services to agricultural growers in JV setts. Export dates from JV setts, in particular the Madjoul dates. Minrav Group: A construction company. Entered into a contract to build and operate a sewage treatment plant in the northern part of EJ for Hagihon Company (the water cooperation of Jerusalem) in Nebi Musa. This facility, on occupied land, will mainly serve Pisgat Ze'ev, Neve Ya'akov and French Hill setts. Water from the facility will be used for agricultural farms in JV setts. This project is planned to be completed by 2011, and the company signed a 25 year contract for operating it. Additionally, this company has built the Latrun railway bridge for the fast train between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. The bridge has been built in the WB and on privately owned Palestinian lands. NaanDan Jain Irrigation Provider of irrigation solutions for agriculture. Provides services to farms in setts in JV, Hebron and Golan. twitter:@nadplo Page 4

12 I SR A E L I A N N EXAT IO N ISRAEL Khirbet Kharruba O F T HE 90 Bardala J O R D A N V AL L E Y Ibziq Mehola Shadmot Mehola 1967 Boundary ( Green Line ) Al Farisiya Akkaba Palestinian city, town, or village Rotem Al Malih Tubas Palestinian cultivation N.Maskiyot Khirbet Yarza Local Palestinian road Wall route (approved by Israel s cabinet as of 30 April 2006) Israeli-declared state land and closed military area Ro'i KhirbetHemdat Humsa Elon Moreh Israeli settlement cultivation Furush Beit Dajan Israeli settlement area west of Jordan Valley Hamra Israeli settler / bypass road 557 Israeli checkpoint EY Israeli-declared natural reserve Al Hadidiya Beka'ot Mekhora Marj Na'ja Argaman 57 Az Zubeidat AN Itamar 90 LL Israeli settlement municipal area Khirbet 'Atuf VA Israeli settlement built-up area (area: ~ 0.43% - pop.: ~10,000 settlers) 'Ein el Beida JORD Ar Rajman Jafa an Nun 505 Tall al Khashaba Migdalim Al Jiftlik Massua Gittit Ma'ale Efrayim 505 Shvut Rahel West Israeli Settlements & Military Closure Israeli declared state land and closed military area Israeli declared natural reserve Settlement municipal and cultivation area Areas remaining for Palestinian towns & cultivation 30 Netiv Hagdud Niran Yitav Al 'Auja 449 N.Zori Rimmonim Badu 15.5% Al Muarrajat 8.5 % No'omi An Nuwei'ma Ma'ale Mikmas 'Ein as Sultan Camp Alon N.Elisha Jericho 458 Million cubic meters (MCM) Gilgal 22.0 % Water Extraction in the Jordan Valley 32 Tomer Kochav Hashahar Exploitation of Palestinian Resources: 35 Fasayil Bank 54.0 % Yafit Peza'el 458 Palestinian Land Restricted by JORDAN Shilo Mizpe Yeriho Kefar 437 Adumim Mishor 1 Adumim Ma'ale Adumim 90 Aqbat Jaber Camp Vered Yeriho N.En Hogla Bet Ha'arava 1 Almog Israeli Settlers (Pop. ~10,000) Palestinians (Pop. ~70,000) Qedar 5 Km 0 NAD-NSU Qalya DEAD SEA