Crimson Thread: The new Israeli separation wall that cuts through the 'breadbasket of Palestine'

Crimson Thread: The new Israeli separation wall that cuts through the 'breadbasket of Palestine' Khairallah Bani Odeh feels as if he's living in a giant prison.

Forced to leave his lands in the village of Atouf in the northern Jordan Valley, he relocated to the town of Tammoun, south of Tubas, after a combination of settler attacks, water shortages and sweeping Israeli land grabs made life unbearable.

Like many Palestinians in the northern Jordan Valley, Bani Odeh relied on sheepherding and farming for his livelihood.

But since Israel began construction on a new separation wall and road that will cut through the Buqe'aa Plain, large areas of land have been swallowed up, reshaping daily life for residents.

Israel has named the project "Crimson Thread". It involves the construction of a 22-kilometre-long and 50-meter-wide separation wall and accompanying road along the eastern lands of Tubas.

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