Abstract:

Since the Israeli occupation for West Bank in 1976, the Israeli occupation has

intentionally performed the process of migrating the inhabitan

cy of Jordan valley in order

to empty it from its Palestinian native population and build Israeli colonial settlements in

it. Where the Israeli occupation has followed several policies such as: expropriation of

the land and natural resources, prevent the P

alestinians from building and expansion and

demolition many of the residential and agricultural facilities for the excuse of not having

permits, which has negatively affected all the aspects of Palestinian citizens life in the

region.

And in this study, t

he focus was pointed toward the policies that were followed by the

Israeli occupation in planning for the Jordan valley region. The obstacles that were set by

the Israeli occupation in front of the development planning and execution operations for

the Pale

stinian residential communities were studied, where the majority of the

Palestinian communities in Jordan valley is lacking for the basic life factors such as:

water, electricity and sewage systems, they also don’t have schools and health centers to

serve

people there. Where all kind of services are provided in the Israeli colonial

settlements that are built in Jordan valley with cheap costs in order to seduce and

encourage the Israeli settlers to live in these Israeli colonial settlements.

Key words:

pl

anning,

Palestine,

Jordan valley, Oslo agreement, colonial settlement.