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Illustrative photo of a Jewish Israeli man inside a sukkah, a temporary structure, during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. (Flash90)
Connecting Sukkot and the fight against home demolitions
Around the world, dozens of communities are organizing activities to draw the connection between Sukkot — a holiday in which Jews commemorate the physical insecurities experienced by their ancestors — and the need to protect Palestinian villages in danger of destruction by Israel. By Micah Friedman Israeli demolitions have left 256 Palestinians homeless in the…
By +972 Magazine October 10, 2017
Daoud Nassar, the director of Tent of Nations, sits among olive trees on his family’s land, West Bank. (File photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90)
Unsure of shelter, yet praying for rain
Spending the Sukkot holiday on a Palestinian farm highlights the stark contrast between a holiday in which Jews celebrate in temporary structures, and a reality in which Palestinians are forced into an existence of impermanence and military demolition orders scattered across hilltops. By Sarah Stern Daoud Nassar carries 54 keys on his belt loop, in rotation.…
By +972 Magazine October 26, 2016
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