In the firing zone: evictions begin in West Bank villages after court ruling
Palestinians in Masafer Yatta – or Firing Zone 918 to the Israelis – vow to rebuild as homes are bulldozed
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Palestinians in Masafer Yatta – or Firing Zone 918 to the Israelis – vow to rebuild as homes are bulldozed
After decades of demolition, rebuilding and a more than 20-year legal battle, Israel’s highest court this month gave the military permission to permanently evict more than 1,000 Palestinians from the West Bank and repurpose the land for an army firing range.
Outside the city of Hebron, already an example of encroaching Israeli settlements on Palestinian territory, sits what appears to be an unassuming grouping of Palestinian Bedouin homes. But here, in Masafer Yatta, local families are battling to...
Condemnation that's not backed by consequences only sanctions more deadly violence.
Local families are battling to stop what would be one of the largest single displacements of Palestinians in decades.