FILE PHOTO: A Palestinian bedouin man looks after his sheep and goats amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in al-Ubeidiya town near Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank April 3, 2020. REUTERS/Mustafa Ganeyeh
AL UBEIDIYA, West Bank (Reuters) - Bedouin herders in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, already isolated by virtue of their nomadic lifestyle, have become more cut off than ever from ordinary Palestinian life since the coronavirus outbreak began.
That isolation is a double-edged sword. They say their mobility makes them less vulnerable to catching the infection, but a territory-wide lockdown imposed to slow the spread of the disease means they are no longer able to sell their farm produce in local villages.
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