Residents of Palestinian village rebuild for third time as Israel looks to gain control
There are dirt plots where there used to be makeshift homes; tent poles stacked like firewood; fencing and
scrap metal scattered across a desert valley greened by winter rain; a cold fire pit and a pile of kitchen essentials
where a cooking tent once stood.
demolished it for the third time in as many months. On Wednesday, just minutes after the army left, Palestinian
residents were at work
repairing their fences hoping to gather their sheep before dark, knowing the army might return the next day.
"Israel is able to destroy everything but it can’t defeat the will of the Palestinians. We'll rebuild whatever Israel demolishes"
handed over to the PA. Instead, Israel retains total control until today.
Fifty years have passed since Israel occupied the Gaza Strip and the WestBank, including East Jerusalem; five decades of
de-development, suppressed human potential and denial of the right to development, with
an economy incapable of employing one third of its workforce
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