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Palestinian Village Faces Demolition for Third Time

Al-Monitor’s Lena Odgaard and Raed Khoury present video coverage of the conflict over a small Palestinian village and herding community in the West Bank.
A Palestinian boy rides a bicycle past tents in the West Bank village of Susiya June 24, 2012. Susiya the Israeli settlement enjoys well-watered lawns, humming electricity, and the protection of a mighty state. One rocky hill away, Susiya the Palestinian village is parched and doomed. Picture taken June 24, 2012. To match Feature ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/DEMOLITION 
  REUTERS/Baz Ratner (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS)

SUSIYA, West Bank — As the conflict escalates in Gaza, a dispute rages over Susiya, a small Palestinian village and herding community in the Hebron hills of the West Bank. 

In June 2012, Palestinian residents received more than 50 demolition orders from the Israeli Civil Administration, Israel’s governing body in the West Bank.

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