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In June 2011, CA authorities, accompanied by a private Israeli contracting company destroyed Chirbat Bir El Id village.
Residential structures, tents, and other property were demolished. Agricultural lands were razed. Electric grid connections were cut. Soldiers told residents they don't deserve electricity. They also damaged a water tank and sacks of animal food.
Other area villages were targeted. At issue is ethnic cleansing to facilitate Jewish development. Residents are forced to survive ad hoc. Doing so requires violating permit authority. Future demolitions are feared. They can happen any time with little notice.
Settlers want land stolen for themselves. Israeli authorities oblige. Palestinian villages are destroyed to save them for Jews. The pattern repeats. It affects longtime residents. Legitimate rights are denied.
Palestinians are removed from their own land. Judicial fairness rarely follows. Redress never comes.
In early June, Israel's High Court heard arguments on behalf of Regavim extremists. They demand Palestinian villagers be expelled. They want privately owned Palestinian land for themselves.
Regavim's name roughly means "Preserving the (Jewish) Nation's Lands." Members believe they're entitled to steal them with impunity. Susiya residents are accused of "taking over the land."
They're called intruders on their own property. They're entitled to live where descendants did for generations. Whether Israel's Supreme Court agrees or disagrees remains unclear.
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