The government of Israel's policy of home demolitions and land destruction/confiscation is now reaching a "closed Paradise." This is what Palestinian residents of the village of Artas call their village, because it is situated between two beautiful mountains, with the valley stretching and snaking from one side of the valley to the next, with a big church built into the side of the mountain, caves scattered throughout the lush mountainsides, chik peas growing here, apricots there.
In the distance the illegal Israeli settlement of Efrat sits atop a hill. And because of this, the trees of the Abu Swai family will be deleted from the history books, and in its place, a pool of dung.
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