PALESTINE | Friday, 24 May 2013 | Views [777] | View Smaller Image
A Bedouin family; nomads who move with their animals throughout rural Palestine. The city on the horizon is one of the biggest in Israel. The hills between his tent and their skyscrapers mark the boundary between Israel and the Occupied West Bank. Indigenous Bedouin, many of whom have already been subject to forced displacement, face a huge threat from Israeli settlers. Land grabs and military construction threaten their traditional herding lifestyles, and they are denied permits to build new homes, even on their own land.
