Activists construct second protest village in Jordan Valley
BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Palestinian and international activists erected a new protest encampment called "al-Awda," or "Return," near the Bisan checkpoint in the northern Jordan Valley on Sunday morning.
The move comes two days after activists set up a similar camp at Ein Hajla, as part of a campaign entitled "Salt of the Earth" to prevent further Israeli settlement expansion and to combat Israeli moves to annex the Jordan Valley of the West Bank as part of ongoing US-sponsored negotiations.
Activists began work on the "al-Awda" camp under the cover of darkness, preparing the land and setting up tents before dawn.
Khaled Mansour, a member of the political bureau of the People's Party which is taking part in the action, said that the move was meant to emphasize "the Arab character of the Jordan Valley" and to reject "any projects to lease or annex it."
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