Palestinian Resistance in the South Hebron Hills

Despite threats from settlers and the IDF, the residents of Qawawis have a tenacious strength that has allowed them to continue their work and way of life on the land, known in Palestine as sumud.

Palestinian farmers thrown out of their land at Susia South Hebron Hills resist (credit: Flickr).

by Mairéad Nic Gabhann

Traveling south of the city of Hebron, the greenery fades from the land and olive trees become fewer. The mounds of the South Hebron Hills roll out before you, as you enter the wilderness of the southern West Bank. It is among these hil…