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The Times: Settlers ‘using the war’ to target Christian homes in the West Bank.
Outside Bethlehem, ancient terraces farmed for millennia are strewn with the belongings of a Christian family.
“They waited until there was war,” says Alice Kisiya, 30. “Then they saw their opportunity to steal more land when no one was looking.”
Two months ago Jewish settlers carrying assault rifles and knives marched onto the Kisiya family’s one-acre plot of olives, figs, apricots and lemons and set up camp.
With Israeli army support, the settlers have fortified the perimeter and removed anything they do not want: a fridge, two tables, and a vandalised statue of the Virgin Mary.
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There are 50,000 Christians living in the West Bank, including the Kisiyas, whose plight was recently highlighted by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
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The Kisiya family was booted off their land, even though it fell just outside the closed area, and settlers moved in.
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“The Israeli government is not above the law and must stop acting otherwise,” Justin Welby wrote on X. “Steadfast Christian families such as the Kisiya family, whose ancestral land has been forcibly stolen from them, remain especially in my prayers.”
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