Alice Qaysiya’s family property in the West Bank city of Bethlehem once hosted not just their home but a restaurant they had built. That was before settlers vandalized and demolished it. Now it is home to a makeshift campground the family guards fiercely.
While the world’s attention drifts from the assault on Gaza, the rapidly accelerating seizure of Palestinian land in the West Bank continues in the hidden background, reshaping conditions on the ground and pushing a political settlement to the conflict further away.
The Qaysiya family isn’t leaving without a fight, and their determined stand has drawn the support of some Israelis and Western activists, who are now putting their bodies on the line to slow the rampage of Israeli settlers. ….more
