The shrinking homeland


Homes that were destroyed by Israeli settlers near Al Mughayir, in the West Bank — Daniel Berehulak/The New York Times

OLIVE grove by olive grove, sheep pasture by sheep pasture, village by village, the idea of a Palestinian state is withering in the West Bank.

Armed Israeli settlers, often protected by soldiers, harass and attack Palestinian villagers daily, with the undisguised goal of driving them out.

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