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In Umm al-Khair, the occupation is damning us to multigenerational trauma
I saw the first bulldozers arrive in my village 17 years ago. Now, after the most brutal weeks in our history, my son will carry similarly painful memories.
By
Awdah Hathaleen
July 22, 2024
A settler shot my husband. Then Israel bulldozed my childhood home
Zakariyah has suffered immensely since being wounded by an Israeli settler. Yet his attacker roams free, and demolitions continue to devastate our communities in Masafer Yatta.
By
Shoug Al Adara
June 20, 2024
Israel razes entire Bedouin village to expand a highway
The demolition of Wadi al-Khalil, an unrecognized village in the Naqab, left over 300 citizens homeless despite their attempts to reach a compromise.
By
Oren Ziv
May 10, 2024
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‘It’s like 1948’: Israel cleanses vast West Bank region of nearly all Palestinians
In mere months, entire Palestinian communities between Ramallah and Jericho have been chased out by settler violence and state policies — paving the way for a total Israeli takeover of thousands of acres of land.
By
Oren Ziv
August 31, 2023
Under settler terror, Palestinians tear down and flee their village
Twenty-seven Palestinian families made the devastating decision to leave their homes in 'Ein Samia, hounded out by Israeli settlers and army pressure.
By
Basel Adra
May 25, 2023
The myth of the ‘cycle of violence’
Palestinians spotlight Israeli brutality to demand an end to their oppression; Israelis spotlight Palestinian violence to justify that oppression.
By
Amjad Iraqi
January 31, 2023
In Masafer Yatta, teachers like me can’t guarantee our students an education
With schools facing demolition orders and soldiers detaining students and teachers for hours, obstacles to education are becoming insurmountable.
By
Awdah Hathaleen
November 15, 2022
‘Same agenda, just more subtle’: Bennett-Lapid government’s first year in numbers
New figures show surge in killings of West Bank Palestinians and no drop in demolitions during the first 12 months of the ‘government of change.’
By
Oren Ziv
June 19, 2022
Palestinians in Masafer Yatta made homeless twice over by Israeli demolitions
The Israeli military bulldozed tents housing 21 Palestinians on Wednesday morning, whose original homes had already been destroyed last month.
By
Basel Adra
and
Yuval Abraham
June 1, 2022
Armed with High Court expulsion order, Israel’s bulldozers arrive in Masafer Yatta
The Israeli army carried out the first demolitions in the area since last week’s court ruling, triggering fears of a mass deportation not seen in two decades.
By
Yuval Abraham
and
Basel Adra
May 12, 2022
In Masafer Yatta, activism is not a choice but a necessity
I was only a toddler when my family was expelled from our village in the South Hebron Hills. Now I’m campaigning to stop it from happening again.
By
Ali Awad
and
Emily Glick
April 21, 2022
What Israel also destroys when it demolishes a child’s home
Children in the South Hebron Hills face a recurring trauma: the state's destruction of their homes, and of the security a home is supposed to bring.
By
Hamdan Ballal Al-Huraini
March 15, 2022
To widen a road, J’lem municipality will destroy Palestinian homes
Experts say the planned destruction of dozens of houses in Jabel Mukaber is part of a raft of policies aimed at forcing Palestinians out of East Jerusalem.
By
Orly Noy
March 8, 2022
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