How Palestinian communities are coping in the Jordan Valley – photos

Settlement expansion, enabled by discriminatory restrictions on Palestinians in the Jordan Valley, is destroying the viability of a future Palestinian state.

The Jordan Valley, in the occupied West Bank, has the potential to be the Palestinian bread basket, yet restrictions on Palestinians use of land, water, and on building in the valley are keeping them poor while helping nearby Israeli settlements thrive.

All photos: Simon Rawles/Oxfam

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Read the report: On the Brink: Israeli settlements and their impact on Palestinians in the Jordan Valley