Brighton-Tubas Region Friendship and Solidarity Group

Since 1967 the Palestinian population in of the Jordan Valley have been prohibited from all new building and restructuring. The Israeli army has demolished countless houses and the majority of Palestinians now live in absolute poverty in tents or shacks made from salvaged materials. Many communities are without basic facilities such as water and power, and attempts to generate electricity (eg by using solar panels) have been thwarted. Outside Jericho telecommunications are not permitted.

In the Oslo Peace Agreement Palestinians were granted the right to build houses on 11 square kilometres of land in the valley (0.5% of the total area of the valley).