‘We are alone here’: Palestinian families fear displacement as Qusra siege completes one month

Holding on to home is becoming more difficult by the day for Ruqaya Hasan, one month after Israeli settlers surrounded her house and two other Palestinian homes on a hilltop in Qusra in the occupied West Bank. The settlers’ tent that once stood in the yard, blocking the only road to the homes, is now gone. In its place is an Israeli military post with soldiers stationed around the clock and an iron gate installed by the army, effectively cutting off the three families from the rest of their vill