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Greater Israel is not just the idea that Israel has no borders or that Israel’s borders should be in a state of forever expansion, but also that Israel should dominate the countries beyond its borders. This is a brief history of Greater Israel, 1948-present.

In Masaffer Yatta, each month brings new demolitions: homes, wells and sheep enclosures. We are left with few choices: to leave, to demolish our homes, or simply wait. Even when our villages are not destroyed by Israeli occupation forces, they are attacked by settlers who set fires, steal cars and take over our towns.

We are separated by borders, but there have been moments when Minatallah has held me together without being physically present. She once told me exile is not only about borders, but about the distance from everything familiar. “Being far from the people you love is exile in itself,” I remember her saying.

In Masaffer Yatta, each month brings new demolitions: homes, wells and sheep enclosures. We are left with few choices: to leave, to demolish our homes, or simply wait. Even when our villages are not destroyed by Israeli occupation forces, they are attacked by settlers who set fires, steal cars and take over our towns.