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Even bees can’t escape Israeli settler violence
Settlers began encroaching on Palestinian land where a beekeeper had placed a colony of bees. They burned 20 hives — and forced the residents to flee.
By
Imad Abu Hawash
August 30, 2023
In hottest summer ever, Masafer Yatta sears from water apartheid
Across the West Bank, Palestinians and Israeli settlers have very different access to water resources — even when they live on the same hill.
By
Basel Adra
August 13, 2023
She was walking toward her family’s land. A soldier broke her ankle
Qamar Aliyan, an 11-year-old Palestinian girl, was kicked by Israeli troops while settlers roamed on her family's property in Umm Lasafa.
By
Basel Adra
April 4, 2023
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Armed settlers break into Palestinian family home under cover of darkness
Settlers from a nearby grazing outpost entered the home, turned it upside down, and demanded the family 'stop bringing leftists' to the area.
By
Yuval Abraham
March 22, 2023
The photos that once helped save Masafer Yatta from expulsion
In 1999, images of Palestinian lives being upended generated enough pressure to enable families to return home. Now, they live in fear of the next expulsion.
By
Basel Adra
March 21, 2023
‘Who hits a 64-year-old woman with a bat?’
Cassandra Auren, an American peace activist, was visiting the Palestinian village of Tuba when settlers attacked her with a bat and fractured her skull.
By
Yuval Abraham
March 13, 2023
The theft of Harun Abu Aram’s body, home, and life
Harun was born into, paralyzed, and killed by Israel's colonial system. The struggle to dismantle it begins in the cave where he spent his final years.
By
Yuval Abraham
February 16, 2023
How Israeli media reported a ‘lynching’ that never happened
Armed Israeli settlers attacked a group of farmers, then told the media they were ambushed by 30 Palestinians. Here's what really happened.
By
Basel Adra
and
Yuval Abraham
September 15, 2022
WATCH: Women of Masafer Yatta tell their stories of resistance
As Israel carries out its expulsions in the West Bank region, Palestinian women talk about what it means to face a state that targets them as an 'enemy.'
By
Social TV
August 29, 2022
Demolishing our community center won’t destroy our resistance
'Youth of Sumud' supports Palestinian steadfastness against the occupation in Masafer Yatta and across the West Bank. And that scares Israel.
By
Sameeha Hureini
August 24, 2022
Why did the army shut down a Palestinian village? So settlers could pray in it
Israeli soldiers blocked all movement into and out of A-Tuwani except for settlers, while forcing Palestinian residents into their homes at gunpoint.
By
Ali Awad
August 17, 2022
This Israeli forbids Palestinians from building. He lives in an illegal outpost
Meet the inspector who prevents Palestinians in Masafer Yatta from building on their land while living in a home Israel says was built illegally.
By
Yuval Abraham
July 28, 2022
The scars that don’t heal in Masafer Yatta
Palestinians share the stories behind the physical scars inflicted by Israeli settlers and soldiers, of their struggles with survival and grief, and of relearning their bodies in the face of unending violence.
By
Ali Awad
and
Emily Glick
July 27, 2022
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