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A community lives with the constant threat of displacement and the demolition of its only school.

<p>Every year the school administration goes to court to postpone the demolition of the institution. So far, they have managed to avoid demolition, but the orders remain, and it is uncertain how much longer the school will remain.</p>

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Palestinians fear the old stone houses of Lifta, the last deserted pre-1948 Palestinian village, will soon be destroyed.

<p>Before 1948, the village of Lifta had 500 houses with about 3,000 inhabitants. Half were in the upper part of the village, which has already been mostly demolished, and the other half in the lower part. A few old houses from the upper part of Lifta remain visible today.</p>

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Residents of the Wadi Fukin village received eviction notices as Israel plans on further seizing 400 hectares of land.

<p>Official letter to the villagers announce that their land is now (***)state land(***). The letter was written in Hebrew and Arabic and pinned on every cardboard sign planted in the land. The farmers have 45 days to appeal the decision.</p>

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