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Source: https://www.camera.org/article/ny-times-btselem-misinforms-on-palestinians-in-jordan-valley/
New York Times Misinforms on Palestinians in Jordan Valley
(CAMERA) Gilead Ini - The New York Times has misinformed readers about Palestinians in the Jordan Valley. A Sep. 10 piece by Ben Hubbard, citing the Israeli advocacy group B'Tselem, told readers Palestinians are "barred from entering or using about 85%" of the Jordan Valley. In fact, Israeli communities and their lands, which sit within Area C that is administered by Israel, take up 8-15% of the Jordan Valley. The Times itself has frequently documented that Palestinians can enter these areas. A separate Times story published on the same day noted that nearly all the male population of Fasayil, a Palestinian village in the Jordan Valley, are employed in the neighboring Israeli community of Tomer. Thousands of Palestinians live in Palestinian communities and tend Palestinian fields throughout the Israeli-controlled section of the Jordan Valley. They also access the same parks and open spaces that Israelis do and they swim at the Dead Sea's Kalya beach. Some 46% of the Jordan Valley is designated as an IDF firing zone and another 9% is the buffer zone along the border with Jordan. These areas are restricted for all civilians, Israeli and Palestinian alike.