India, Oct. 22 -- Abu Suleiman, identified as the Head of the Local Council from Zanuta in the South Hebron Hills in the southern occupied West Bank, said he and all 250 residents of the village have been forcibly displaced for three years, and he called for the implementation of rulings from the Israeli High Court of Justice ordering the military and police to facilitate residents’ return and protect them against settler violence.

Displacement from Zanuta

Abu Suleiman said Zanuta “never, ever leaves” his thoughts and that he now lives in Al-Dhahiriya, close to the village, but described Israeli settlers, checkpoints, outposts and soldiers as standing between him and Zanuta, along with what he called a lack of will by authorities to imple...