Thursday, December 12, 2013

This land is their land, from the river to the sea

"In the "unrecognized" village of Bir Mshash, a gaggle of sheds and concrete hovels amid muddy gullies, Bedouin mother of seven Um Mohammed tended to a delicate garden of cactus, aloe and purple flowers by her home. She too was unconvinced by the plan. "They won't evict us. This our land and the land of our ancestors. There's no way we're leaving, that's that." "