Uprooted Livelihoods

Background
The residents of al-Nuwe’ima al-Foqa
are originally from the northern
Naqab region and became refugees
during the Nakba in 1948. They first
took refuge in areas outside of the town
of Bethlehem, but after a number of
years traveled northeast, bringing their
herds past the village of Deir Dibwan
and into the Jordan Valley to create the
village of al-Nuwe’ima al-Foqa.
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Al-Nuwe’ima al-Foqa
In the late 1990s, the outpost
settlement of Mev’aot Yericho
was established and subsequently
obstructed all possible expansion of
the village. There have been reports of
settlers attacking Palestinian residents.