We called in on Nabeel and Ghada on our way to visit other communities this morning. It is Land Day and we don't know if the family are aware of this, but staying on the land is exactly what they are doing. They have sorted out their home, setting up their kitchen and sleeping areas, and the children are down at the kindergarten school in Ein Elhilwe. Life is not of course normal, but nothing is normal here except the everyday reality of coping with life under occupation and the constant threat of displacement. The best thing though, was that two other families are setting up home a hundred metres or so from the family. They are no longer alone, and other Bedouin families are expressing their solidarity with the family's stand.
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| The family's tent, with two other tents set up nearby |
