Israeli settler confronts Palestinian American at his besieged West Bank home

QUSRA, West Bank, Aug 18 - Palestinian American Loui Ridi raised a giant American flag over his West Bank home, hoping it might deter militant settlers besieging the property. But it wasn't enough to stop one of them from walking onto Ridi's land on Tuesday, during a tense face-off.

In the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian village of Qusra remains under siege by extremist Israeli settlers. They are trying to force families off their land through tactics including cutting off access to food and water. A Palestinian-American who owns a house in the village has returned to Qusra from Ohio. Louai Ab

Palestinian-American Returns to West Bank Home Besieged by Israeli Settlers  Haaretz

They are operating with the tacit support of Israel’s government

Video released by the Palestinian Red Crescent shows Israeli settler children attacking and blocking an ambulance.

The Palestinian American whose home in the occupied West Bank has been besieged by Israeli settlers traveled to his property on Monday to join other family members who have been defending it.

Palestinian-American returns to home under settler siege  CNN

Reporters documented Loui Ridi's journey from the U.S. to his home in Qusra, a tiny village in an area of the West Bank that has seen frequent settler attacks and land seizures.

Israeli settlers injure two Palestinians, set fire to agricultural lands in occupied West Bank Two young Palestinian men sustained injuries on Monday night after being assaulted by Israeli settlers in the town of Beita, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, Wafa news reported, citing local sources. Both men

The Palestinian American whose home in the occupied West Bank has been besieged by Israeli settlers for over a week traveled to his property on Monday to join other family members who have been defending it.

By Pesha Magid QUSRA, West Bank, Aug 17 (Reuters) - 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. Loui Ridi, a Pales

A Palestinian American whose home in the occupied West Bank has been besieged by Israeli settlers for over a week has arrived there to help family members defend the property.

They are operating with the tacit support of Israel’s government

Palestinian American returns to West Bank to defend his home under siege by Israeli settlers  Toronto Star

A Palestinian American whose home in the occupied West Bank has been besieged by Israeli settlers for over a week has arrived in the region

A Palestinian American whose home in the occupied West Bank has been besieged by Israeli settlers for over a week has arrived in the region

Palestinian American returns to West Bank to defend his home under siege by Israeli settlers  apnews.com

Settler violence is latest threat to Israeli-US alliance  The Times

Israeli settler boys filmed harassing Palestinian family in West Bank village: rights advocate  Arab News

Ten Palestinians were wounded in Hebron on Sunday, following a string of settler assaults across the occupied West Bank that left a nurse permanently paralysed.

Qusra, West Bank —  Loui Ridi began building a home in his native town of Qusra, in the occupied West Bank, for his two daughters. The girls grew up in Ohio, but family trips made them fall in love with their father’s Palestinian roots. “Can we have a home where grandmother lives, where you were born …

According to Army Radio, the arrests come at the request of the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), to which the IDF has responded that it is "unable" to arrest all of the wanted suspects.

Militant Israeli settlers occupy some West Bank homes, Palestinians say  Reuters

I am generally pro-Israel. But these actions amount to ethnic cleansing and gross violations of property rights.

The spring served as a lifeline for the nearby village of Fasayil in the fertile Jordan Valley, where Palestinians have relied on it for generations for food, employment and to supplement irregular Israeli supplies to their domestic taps.