In the West Bank village of Qusra, three Palestinian families have endured more than five days of siege by Israeli settlers who have cut off their water and electricity — a condition the United Nations warns is designed not merely to intimidate, but to erase. The episode draws condemnation from international bodies and even the American ambassador, yet the families remain trapped, knowing from long experience that words rarely hold back the tide. It is a moment that distills a decades-long struggle over land, belonging, and the slow violence of displacement into a single besieged house where f
UN, Palestine condemn Israeli settler siege of West Bank homes as 'criminal'
Three Palestinian families (15 people including 2 children) confined to homes with water and power cut off for 5+ days; broader West Bank violence includes detentions, demolition notices, and pepper-spraying of civilians including a child.