SUSIYA, West Bank (Reuters) – Home for Palestinian Barakat Mour is a hillside cave in the West Bank, which he says is often under threat from Israeli settlers in the occupied territory. According to the Israeli rights group B’Tselem, Palestinian cave-dwellers have been living there at least since the 1830s, using some caves as shelter for sheep and goats and others as homes. Mour said that in one incident last week around 70 settlers entered the cave and damaged property. Israeli and Palestinian activists have staged demonstrations outside the cave to support Mour’s family. At one recent protest, on Jan. 23, activists banged drums and chanted “occupation, no more” towards a group of settlers before being dispersed by Israeli troops firing stun grenades.

Source: Egypt Independent February 04, 2021 12:11 UTC