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The efforts to ethnically cleanse Masafer Yatta continue

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"The efforts to ethnically cleanse Masafer Yatta continue: Every day, settlers invade villages located in the area defined by the apartheid regime as “Firing Zone 918.” They graze between residents’ homes, prevent villagers from grazing their sheep on their own land, attack, steal" - Source

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"The efforts to ethnically cleanse Masafer Yatta continue: Every day, settlers invade villages located in the area defined by the apartheid regime as “Firing Zone 918.” They graze between residents’ homes, prevent villagers from grazing their sheep on their own land, attack, stealand cause damage to property and agriculture. The footage in the video was filmed over the past three days by residents of four villages: Halawa, Fakheit, Tabban, and Mirkaz. Today, settlers invaded Halawa with camels and flocks to graze at the entrances of residents’ homes;

The day before yesterday, a settler invaded the village of Tabban and stole fodder that residents had bought for their sheep; two days ago, during another invasion, a settler stole water pipes and a pump used for drawing water from Taban and also attacked one of the residents.

Villages in this area mainly suffered from harassment and abuse by official state authorities. Over the past two years, after the state allowed the establishment of several outposts deep within the firing zone, the residents have also been facing persistent, daily settler terror.

Facing the state’s pressure campaign led by the Supreme Court ruling that enables the expulsion of thousands of residents, along with home demolitions, destruction of infrastructure, and settler violence - the villagers cling to their ancestral lands and struggle to survive

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