Bulldozing Dreams in the Occupied Territories The recent demolition of over 50 shops in al Eizariya, a Palestinian town in the occupied West Bank, has left more than 200 families without an income source.
The scale of the destruction is striking, but so too is its timing: Israel's Supreme Court had rejected appeals to halt the demolition, and yet bulldozers rolled in overnight nonetheless.
Behind this destruction lies a larger story – one that reveals the entrenched power dynamics at play in the region.