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Village Threatened With Extinction By Israeli Settlement

The village of Yanoun, where the population has been reduced to 59, may be the most threatened village in the West Bank, writes Linah Alsaafin.
An Israeli soldier aims his weapon at a Palestinian man after clashes broke out during a violent Palestinian demonstration against the expansion of the nearby Jewish settlement of Itamar December 3. Four Palestinians were wounded by Israeli troops firing tear gas and rubber bullets as some 200 residents of Yanoun village protested against the confiscation of their land for the settlement.

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Just 15 kilometers southeast from the city of Nablus lies an ancient village nestled between the great mountains and hills common to the area.

“Yanoun,” says Hamza Derieh, a young local activist from the neighboring village of Aqraba, “was known by its Caanite name Ya Nuha, which means 'calm and serenity.' Its Roman name was Yano.”

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