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Action follows Supreme Court ruling in May, in favor of the state's claim that Palestinians in Masafer Yatta did not predate firing zone, capping decades of legal battles

Farmers and shepherds find themselves boxed in between military training and the new settlements.

Israeli group B'tselem has written to the International Criminal Court in an attempt to prevent the forced expulsion of over a thousand Palestinians from their homes

Life in the firing zone in Masafer Yatta, the Palestinian territory where people have lived in caves for generations

Little Ahmed could not have been more than six years old and, thankfully for my back, he was not too heavy. With him on my shoulders, we stumbled up the rocky bank to save his bare feet from being scratched on the rocks and thistles. Around us were eight other Palestinian children, a few Israeli activists and international officials. This was a daily escort for these children

One of the biggest expulsion decisions since the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories began in 1967 has left an entire community at risk

BY MARK CAHLIK

At haste in shallow graves, have to be recovered. this village was deep inside russian occupied territory. its still a live firing zone, as you can probably hear in the background. what with these guys doing now, theyre locals, theyre digging up the bodies of russian soldiers who have been killed in the fighting. after they have been bagged, they will be taken away for dna sampling, and eventually they will be repatriated to russia itself. piled on top of each other, the bodies of six russian so...

Masafer Yatta's 20-odd villages are set to be cleared out after a 20-year court fight, despite evidence showing homes predating training area and questions over army's motivations

Some occupied villages between kharkiv and the nearby russian border have been liberated. there was an unexploded flare sticking out of the ground right in the middle of the road. but the road to momotove, littered with the detritus of war, is still too dangerous for most civilians to return. and before people come back, theres important work to be done. momotove has to be made safe and bodies, many of them buried at haste in shallow graves, have to be recovered. well, this village was deep insi...