West Bank

Palestinian communities under threat in the Jordan Valley as settlement expansion and demolitions escalate

5 July 2012

Settlement expansion, enabled by discriminatory restrictions on Palestinians in the Jordan Valley, is destroying the viability of a future Palestinian state, a new report by Oxfam said today.
On the Brink

5 July 2012

The Jordan Valley, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, has the potential to be the breadbasket of any future Palestinian state.
The road to olive farming

15 October 2010

For thousands of years, the olive tree has been an integral part of the Palestinian landscape: a symbol of Palestinian identity, culture and tradition.
Palestinian village and nearly $30,000 of aid destroyed by Israeli military

24 July 2010

Oxfam today called upon the Israeli government to compensate Palestinian villagers after the Israeli army demolished 79 structures in the village of Al Farisiya in the West Bank on Monday, forcing families into further impoverishment after years of harassment.