The Latest Breaking News from the Jordan Valley

Israel intensify efforts to seize West Bank natural springs and heritage sites

ISRAELI settlers have intensified efforts to seize natural springs and heritage sites in the occupied West Bank

The National (Scotland) · Sep 26

Photos show Israelis celebrating at a West Bank spring despite heightened tensions

Israeli settlers and other Israelis gathered at a spring in the occupied West Bank to celebrate their country’s Independence Day with hours of swimming and picnicking. The afternoon of leisure in the community of Auja contrasted sharply with recent violence and displacement of Palestinians in the Jordan Valley. Parts of…

The Independent UK · Apr 22

‘The settlers brought the violence’: the ethnic cleansing of a West Bank village

Ras ‘Ein al ‘Auja is a community of about 135 families – and the only one remaining in this part of the Jordan valley

The Guardian - UK · Jan 14

Israeli forces kill Palestinian gunmen who shot dead British mother and two daughters

Lucy Dee and her daughters, aged 15 and 20, were shot in the Jordan Valley last month

Evening Standard · May 4, 2023