In 1985, when Nasser was just a baby, a group of Israeli visitors came to visit the original village. The villagers greeted the people warmly—there was tea, just as I was being served now. But later it became clear that the “visitors” were running reconnaissance. Having discovered an ancient synagogue on the land, Israel declared the village of Susya an archaeological site. The state placed the management of the site in the hands of local settlers, who immediately moved to push the Palestinian residents out of their homes and off the land. Nasser’s people were dispersed across the West Bank.
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