In many ways, the Adam settlement was typical: it sat on a hilltop, claimed a historic connection to a biblical site, occupied confiscated Palestinian land, inserted a wedge between Palestinian villages, had been established with the support of the Israeli government and the taxpayer-funded World Zionist Organization, and offered more affordable homes than could be found inside the Green Line—spacious single-family villas with yards and bucolic views. But in one way, Adam was unique among the settlements: it had been created by poor Mizrahi Jews, immigrants from the Middle East and North
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