Hebron: “We have been waiting over 60 years for this”

21 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank

The Atta and Rudaina Jeber’s farm is situated upon a hill. The area is called Sheik Sherah, in the Beca’a Valley in the outskirts of Hebron, or Al-Khalil.  Atta’s family has owned the land since the Ottoman Empire was in power, and he explains that he is part of about 19,000 Palestinians who originally settled the hills when they came from the lands now called Jordan, some 800 years ago.

He will also show you the caves where many of his ancestors were born.  It is in this part of Palestine where the … Continue reading