Crimson Thread: The new Israeli separation wall that cuts through the 'breadbasket of Palestine' Khairallah Bani Odeh feels as if he's living in a giant prison. Forced to leave his lands in the village of Atouf in the northern Jordan Valley, he relocated to the town of Tammoun, south of Tubas, after a combination of settler attacks, water shortages and sweeping Israeli land grabs made life unbearable. Like many Palestinians in the northern Jordan Valley, Bani Odeh relied on sheepherding and farming for his livelihood.