jabal al baba

The view from Jabal al-Baba (Orly Noy)
In Jabal al-Baba, the trees are protected but the people aren’t
The Bedouin community of Jabal al-Baba faces expulsion from their homes. The army eviction order says nothing about where they are supposed to go. U.S. President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel generated among many Israelis and Palestinians the fear that something terrible—a kind of political earthquake that could devastate the region—might…
By Orly Noy December 25, 2017
Representatives of the Palestinian Authority and Bishop Atallah Hanna from the Greek Orthodox Church took part in the protest by residents of Jabal al Baba against their expulsion. November 23, 2017 (Oren Ziv/Activestills)
Palestinians in Jabal al-Baba protest Israeli expulsion order
The small village is located in E1, an area in which the U.S. and Europe have long demanded Israel not build new settlements, because doing so would cut the West Bank in two. Around 100 demonstrators  joined the Palestinian community of Jabal al-Baba on Thursday, November 23, in the E1 area of the West Bank adjacent…
By Activestills November 24, 2017
Shack in Jabal al Baba (photo: Mya Guarnieri)
Israel ups demolitions in area critical to future Palestinian state
Less than two months into 2012, the pace of Israeli demolitions and displacements of Palestinians is already outstripping the same period in 2011. Israel seems to be taking advantage of the American election cycle to push settlement expansion in the E1 territory, which even the former Bush Administration halted due to threat it poses to…
By Mya Guarnieri Jaradat February 28, 2012
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