Life in the firing zone: the occupation of Masafer Yatta
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The Guardian
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🗓️ 9 June 2022
⏱️ 35 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Guardian. |
| 0:09.3 | Today, after decades of fighting in the courts, |
| 0:13.0 | why are the Palestinians of Massafa Yatta being forced off the land? |
| 0:16.8 | The |
| 0:28.6 | On the southwestern tip of the West Bank, where the valleys of the Hebron Hills lead down to the desert, |
| 0:34.1 | a collection of villages are dotted across the remote, dusty landscape. |
| 0:40.5 | The people are farmers who keep mostly sheep making their life from the milk, |
| 0:45.5 | kind of cheese and yogurt in the spring. |
| 0:48.4 | Very, very yellow, the mountains and the valleys because the yellow flower grow everywhere in Massafa Yatta. |
| 0:56.0 | Like his ancestors, Basel Adra has lived in Massafa Yatta. |
| 1:00.0 | In the village of Atwani, his whole life. |
| 1:03.3 | We really love to be living in the village because it's special because it's our type of life, |
| 1:09.0 | because of our traditions, of our culture. |
| 1:11.9 | It's a very nice place and we wish we could live here in peace. |
| 1:20.1 | Last month, Israeli bulldozers rolled into the occupied territory of Massafa Yatta |
| 1:25.6 | and began destroying the homes of Palestinians. |
| 1:30.1 | They come to Massafa Yatta and wept out at least 20 structure out of them houses. |
| 1:35.5 | Cars and tractors were confiscated and despite living there for generations, |
| 1:42.4 | yet again, the Palestinians were told they had no right to the land and were being forced out. |
| 1:53.2 | What is it like to see those diminishings happen? |
| 1:55.8 | It's terrifying, it's demolition. |
| 1:58.2 | You see 50 soldiers, please, they come in the air again, |
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