Factsheet – Jordan Valley in 2026: Lost Opportunities for the State of Palestine
Factsheet
Jordan Valley in 2026: Lost Opportunities for the State of Palestine
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This fact sheet analyzes Israeli practices, including settlement construction, land confiscation, closure policies, and the destruction of Palestinian property. It illustrates how, under the guise of security, Israel has extended its colonization of the Jordan Valley by consistently shrinking the space available to Palestinian localities, creating conditions that lead to displacement and establishing more illegal “facts on the ground” that hinder the achievement of an independent, sovereign, and contiguous State of Palestine.
"Decades of Israeli occupation and military and administrative measures have systematically restricted Palestinian development, primarily through land confiscation, designation of closed military zones, settlement expansion, and severe movement restrictions. These measures have forced the displacement of Palestinian communities and weakened the social and economic fabric of the Valley. Palestinian existence in the Jordan Valley is constantly under threat, as Israeli policies continue to encourage colonial expansion and consolidate Israel’s occupation over the area.
Based on the facts on the ground and the measures implemented in the past two years, it is evident that the Israeli government intends to ensure complete control over the Jordan Valley, as part of its de facto annexation plan. Israeli justifications for controlling the Jordan Valley, grounded in alleged military necessity, are pretexts for colonial expansion, demographic reshaping, and the systematic expulsion of the people of Palestine from their land.
Denying Palestine its only international border with Jordan aims to replace the two-State solution with annexation as the final status reality. Israel’s illegal policies in the Jordan Valley clearly promote the establishment of a permanent apartheid regime, characterized by a single state with two segregated systems.
This Israeli government, composed of settlers and representing settler interests, appears committed only to violating international and humanitarian laws, including the Fourth Geneva Convention, thereby destroying any chance of ending Israel’s 59-year-long occupation and moving toward peace and stability in Palestine, Israel, and the broader region."