Violation: The Israeli occupation published provocative maps
Location: The Jordan Valley- Tubas governorate
Date: 06/02/2014
Perpetrators: The Israeli occupation army
Details:
As part of the plan to take over the Jordan Valley, the Israeli Ministry of Tourism published enticing maps accentuating that the Valley is part of the Israeli state. The importance of the region springs from its strategic location and being the eastern borderline according to Israel. The maps were published in Hebrew and were set up on large billboards along road no. 90 that passes through the Valley. A detailed outline of the Palestinian lands in the Jordan Valley now considered part of Israel was also published. The outline included Israeli colonies and archaeological sites which were seized by the occupation that Judaized them and changed their names in addition to the numbers and names of the roads that cross the Valley and link it to Israel in further confirmation that the Valley is considered Israeli land. It should be remarked that the maps excluded the Palestinian Bedouin dwellings and random gatherings in the Jordan Valley.
Mr. Aref Daraghmeh, Mayor of the Bedouin dwellings in Wadi Al Maleh, stated to an LRC observer that: “There is an Israeli plan to forge the history and reality of the region by making fake maps that reflect Israel’s policy that considers colonies a reality while it does not acknowledge the Palestinian Bedouin dwellings whose residents inherited the land from their ancestors for tenths of years ago.”
The step was taken after the Israeli government’s resolution to consider the Jordan Valley an indispensable part of the Israeli state and cannot be compromised with any future peace talks with the Palestinians.
Pictures 1+2: Some inciting maps of the Jordan Valley
Prepared by
The Land Research Center
LRC
