A Palestinian Bedouin leading animals home, as the communities of Jabal Al-Baba face displacement due to plans to build a new Israeli settlement near the E1 road in the West Bank. The Israeli settlement Maale Adumim is visible in the background. — Reuters
THE land available to Atallah al-Jahalin’s Bedouin community for grazing livestock near Jerusalem has steadily shrunk, as expanding Jewish settlements on Israeli-occupied territory encircle the city and push deeper into the West Bank.
Now, the group of some 80 families faces eviction from the last patches of valley and scrubland they have called home for decades.
