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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

Daoud Nassar inspects the destruction of his family's grove of some 1,500 fruit trees near the West Bank village of Nahalin, June 3, 2014. On May 19, Israeli forces bulldozed the family's groves, which contained mature apricot, apple, grape, almond, and fig trees planted 10 years previous. The army claims that it is state land, but the Nassar family has documents proving ownership of their land, also known as "Tent of Nations" dating back to the Ottoman period. The family's land is virtually surrounded by the Gush Etzion settlement bloc which, like all settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, is illegal under international law. (Activestills.org)

PHOTOS: Israeli authorities destroy Palestinian family’s valley of fruit trees

Israeli authorities destroyed some 1,500 fruit trees on a Palestinian farm near Bethlehem. The family has ownership documentation dating back to the Ottoman period. Text and photos by: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org The sign at the entrance to the Nassar family farm reads, “We refuse to be enemies.” In 2000, they named their land Tent of…

By Activestills June 6, 2014