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A Palestinian man cut off from his family by the Israeli wall, looks out of his house at the Jewish settlement of Gilo, in Al-Walaja. February 18, 2020. For decades, a Palestinian village on the southern tip of Jerusalem has lived on and cultivated the land. But a series of recent efforts by Israel is not only threatening their way of life but potentially displacing them from their homes.
On January 25, the Jerusalem District Planning Committee rejected the residents of Palestinian village al-Walaja s plan to legalize their homes and further develop the community. Instead, the committee declared their land
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On Birds And Planes
Unless you are Israeli or a keen bird-watcher, you have probably never heard of him. But not only is he legendary as the Bird-Man of Israel, Yossi Leshem has also quietly saved lives.
After serving in the Israeli Air Force, Yossi, a bird enthusiast, set up a field school in Har Gilo, south of Jerusalem. He went on to become the director of the Israel Society for the Protection of Nature and developed the necessary means that would ensure the conservation of the rare Bonelli’s eagle and the frankly less attractive, Lappet-faced vulture. Thanks to his studies, these rare birds of prey are once again breeding safely and securely in Israel.
Israeli bulldozers level farmlands northwest of Bethlehem
BETHLEHEM, Tuesday, March 16, 2021 (WAFA) – Israeli military bulldozers today leveled Palestinian farmland to the northwest of Beit Jala city, west of the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem, according to an activist.
Director of the Anti-Wall and Settlement Commission in Bethlehem, Hassan Breijah, said that an Israeli military force escorted a bulldozer into Wadi al-Makhrour, where the heavy machinery razed a plot of farmland, covering an area of four donums, belonging to Ramzi Qaisieh.
Wadi al-Makhrour is a popular hiking spot for Palestinians. It is best enjoyed during the late afternoon in the summer when the sun is about to set.