JIFTLIK, West Bank: Palestinians tilling the fertile Jordan Valley said on Wednesday they have been rooted for generations to the West Bank land that"We tell Netanyahu, and whoever follows him, you will not break the Palestinians' will, you will never break our will, never, never," said Hassan Al-Abedi, a farmer who lives in the village of Jiftlik."It's our parents' and grandparents' land.
"Whether or not Netanyahu succeeds we won't accept it. This land is for Palestine, for the Palestinians," Hassan, 75 said.In Israel, which captured the West Bank in a 1967 war, Netanyahu's declaration was widely seen as a bid to siphon away support from far-right election rivals who have long advocated annexation of Jewish settlements in the territory.
The valley, which at 2,400 sq km accounts for nearly 30 per cent of the West Bank, has dozens of Palestinian farms as well as open areas which the Palestinian Authority has sought to develop for solar energy projects and industrial zones. Israel has long said it intends to maintain military control in the Jordan Valley, which abuts the Jordanian border, under any future peace accord with the Palestinians, and there is broad Israeli political consensus over the issue.
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