Bethlehem, occupied West Bank – For 12 years, the Palestinian Kisiya family has been fighting to keep a plot of land belonging to them in the historically Christian village of al-Makhrour, located in the breathtaking mountainous town of Beit Jala near Bethlehem.
“We have both Palestinian and Israeli documents to prove our ownership of this land,” Alice Kisiya, daughter of the land owner and a prominent activist against illegal Israeli settlements, told The New Arab.
Last week, Israeli forces demolished a protest encampment set up by the Kisiya with support from international solidarity and Israeli peace activists near the 1000-square-meter plot that was illegally seized by Israeli settlers on 31 July who were supported by the Israeli military, according to Kisiya. ….more
