Testimonies of Palestinian Land Struggles

A heartbreaking scene Hundreds of settlers are surrounding the house And they

started dragging me, saying," Get out, get in the car outside!"

Settlements have entered people's homes; settlements have entered Area A, people!

They have even taken our lands I mean, you feel so oppressed Burning cars

and smashing houses, I mean, what can I say?

They stormed the school, jumping over the wall It has become a life of humiliation,

an unnatural life Confiscation, demolition, displacement And he ordered my arrest,

and the army executed the order

We are talking about a catastrophe,

about a new Nakba against the Palestinian people So, what is the end of this?

If this situation and destruction continue,

the people living here will increase We are deeply rooted in this land,

we are not leaving Even if they destroy everything, we remain steadfast;

in this land we die and in it we live

Guys, Abu Alam's room!

The settlers set Abu Alam's room on fire and fled

I opened the mosque door, only to find the entrance burnt Over 30 settlers were

surrounding my

house The entire ground floor of the house was set on fire You burn my house?

By what right? They had iron pipes and sticks with nails on them

We found slogans written in Hebrew, the Star of David, and" Death to Arabs"

They attacked it, seized it,

and raised the Israeli flag over it He said," No,

this is the Land of Israel,

and you must not come here" You need a permit to be able to reach the land

Quite simply, the settler comes and digs up the land If you want to go to

your land or vineyard, you might return

as a corpse A decision to confiscate about 100 dunams from the

city of Beit Sahour This confiscation is thuggery by the settlers and is not legal

We are talking about almost more than 380 dunams in those areas

They uprooted about 400 to 500 olive trees in a single night It

has almost over 100 olive trees We won't allow these trees to go to waste;

two years of hard work ruined by a settler in an instant They broke fig trees Figs,

grapes, berries, and olives Not a single olive

tree is left in the village

We have been living in the area since' 56 We are staying here.

If he wants to demolish the house, we will build 10 in its place.

We will live in a tent, we will live under the sun.

We are steadfast in our home, and steadfast in all of Palestine.

68 heads, including tonight's total.

Because there was more than one settler; some were attacking us,

and others were taking the sheep.

You work hard for them for 11 or 12 years, and in moments,

you find yourself with nothing.

They have the green light from their government to do whatever they want,

after the government armed them.

The occupation is proceeding with its plans.

The land is gone, meaning they considered some of this land to be a state for them.

They want to displace us, they want to displace us.

But this is our land, we want to defend it

with our blood, we want to defend it with our strength. By God, even if they try to

uproot us, we will not be uprooted. This is our land and the land of our ancestors,

meaning they are not going to budge us from our land.

Neither demolition

nor any notice shakes us. Nothing is more precious than land, except honor.

There is no displacement, no one is leaving their home.

Remain steadfast on your lands, and do not concede to the occupation and the herds

of settlers.