West Bank Bedouins face eviction
Published date: 13 November 2014 13:21 GMT
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Last update: 10 years ago
The Tubas region is home to some 600 Bedouin families (MEE/Seth Herald)
Sign in English, Hebrew and Arabic warns passersby to avoid the military firing range (MEE/Seth Herald)
60 percent of the area's residents are thought to be children (MEE/Seth Herald)
The area is known for its production of aubergines (MEE/Seth Herald)
The Jordan Valley has been cultivated for around 10,000 years (MEE/Seth Herald)
The area can produce vegetables all year round, but farms are sometimes attacked by settlers (MEE/Seth Herald)
Poverty rates for Palestinians in the Jordan Valley are nearly double those of the West Bank (MEE/Seth Herald)
Most Bedouin are nomadic, and live in temporary settlements (MEE/Seth Herald)
Many Bedouin in the area make their living as shepherds (MEE/Seth Herald)
A young boy rides a donkey to herd sheep (MEE/Seth Herald)
A sheep shelters from the fierce sun - temperatures can reach 52°C in the summer (MEE/Seth Herald)
A young boy washes his hands after tending to sheep - the Israeli Committee against House Demolitions alleges that Israeli settlements receive disproportionately large amounts of water (MEE/Seth Herald)
Bedouin families in the Jordan Valley have faced a sharp rise in the frequency of home demolitions in 2014 (MEE/Seth Herald)
Though the landscape of the Jordan Valley appears arid, fertile soil makes it ripe for cultivating vegetables and livestock (MEE/Seth Herald)
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