In the northern Jordan Valley, a silent campaign of displacement is unfolding. Dozens of Palestinian families are being pushed off their land, not by the sudden force of tanks or bombs, but through a daily grind of intimidation, destruction, and abandonment. The small community of Khirbet Samra, once sustained by agriculture and rooted in ancestral traditions, is now being hollowed out, one tent, one tree, one family at a time.

Residents report the relentless advance of settler grazing outposts, springing up with alarming speed around vital water sources and pastures. These are no spontaneous encampments. Backed by settler councils and tolerated by Israeli authorities, they function as instruments of control, fencing off hope for thousands of Palestinians. Farmers speak of burnt crops, poisoned wells, livestock taken, and tents bulldozed in military “training zones”, all while the world remains eerily quiet.

Palestinians describe this campaign as a slow, methodical expulsion. Activists warn that 21 communities in the Jordan Valley are now in peril. The threats are not abstract. One farmer was told at gunpoint: “Leave or die.” Others are subjected to psychological warfare, cut off from services, and watched by drones and armed settlers. Since October, these assaults have surged, emboldened by a political climate that shields perpetrators and criminalises resistance.

While the Israeli government denies coordinated displacement, the evidence on the ground tells another story. Settlers are now openly coordinating with government figures, operating with a sense of impunity that only deepens Palestinian despair. Land once used to grow olives and wheat is now barred to its rightful custodians. Entire areas are being swallowed by settler expansion, erasing not only Palestinian homes but the very fabric of rural life.

And yet, the international community offers little more than concern. As the Valley dries out under siege, Palestinians there are left to defend their land with bare hands and breaking hearts. Their message is clear: this is not a forgotten corner of the West Bank, it is a frontline of resistance against a system designed to erase them.