ISRAELI OCCUPIED JORDAN: JUDEAN DESERT BEDOUINS GET FOOD AND CLOTHING FROM ISRAELI AUTHORITIES

Record ID: 399396

  • Title: ISRAELI OCCUPIED JORDAN: JUDEAN DESERT BEDOUINS GET FOOD AND CLOTHING FROM ISRAELI AUTHORITIES
  • Date: 11th July 1969
  • Summary: ISRAELI CONVOY ARRIVING AT BEDOUIN ENCAMPMENT: MILITARY GOVERNOR GREETING SHEIKH AND OTHER NOTABLES: BEDOUINS DRINK COFFEE WITH THEIR GUESTS: UNLOADING AND OPENING SACKS OF SUPPLIES: DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD: TRIBESPEOPLE RETURNING TO TENTS WITH GIFTS. Initials RRF/VS/DB/SS Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 26th July 1969 13:00
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  • Location: ISRAEL OCCUPIED JORDAN BETWEEN RAMALLAH AND DEAD SEA
  • Country: Jordan
  • Reuters ID: LVAEL02YOBPQ2B3VMZAONYW6MU3M
  • Story Text: GIFTS OF POWDERED MILK, BLANKETS AND CLOTHING WERE DISTRIBUTED TO MEMBERS OF THE KA'ABNE TRIBE OF BEDOUINS YESTERDAY (WEDNESDAY). THE ISRAELI MILITARY GOVERNOR OF BETHLEHEM WITH HIS WELFARE OFFICERS VISITED THE TRIBE OF 300 SOMEWHERE IN THE JUDEAN DESERT BETWEEN RAMALLAH AND THE DEAD SEA.

    MOST OF THE KA'ABNE MEN ARE GOATHERDS, AND TOGETHER WITH A MEAGRE DESERT AGRICULTURE THIS KEEPS THE NOMADIC TRIBE ALIVE. THERE IS LITTLE THAT THE OLD PEOPLE AND WIDOWS CAN DO AND THE MILITARY AUTHORITIES TOOK ACTION TO RELIEVE SOME IMMEDIATE SHORTAGES. COLONEL MOSHE LEVY, MILITARY GOVERNOR OF BETHLEHEM, AND WELFARE OFFICERS OF THE MILITARY GOVERNMENT VISITED THE TRIBE WITH GIFTS OF FOOD AND CLOTHING. THE SHEIKH WELCOMED THE VISITORS WITH CUPS OF COFFEE IN HIS TENT, THEN THE POWDERED MILK, BLANKETS AND CLOTHING WERE UNLOADED AND DISTRIBUTED. COLONEL LEVY PERSONALLY HANDED OUT THE GIFTS ACCORDING TO A LIST PREPARED BY AN ARAB WELFARE OFFICER.
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