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A Palestinian American's journey to his West Bank home under settler siege

QUSRA, West Bank, Aug 17 - He watched from thousands of miles away on a security camera feed as militant Israeli settlers encircled his West Bank house, fearing he could lose his home forever amid increasing Israeli seizures of Palestinian property in the occupied territory.

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The Straits TimesNews report · Aug 17, 6:06 PM

A Palestinian American's journey to his West Bank home under settler siege

QUSRA, West Bank, Aug 17 - He watched from thousands of miles away on a security camera feed as militant Israeli settlers encircled his West Bank house, fearing he could lose his home forev...

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