In news from the West Bank, Palestinian residents and international supporters have launched an ongoing, 24-hour-a-day protest to protect the village of Susiya from demolition by Israeli bulldozers. On Tuesday, European foreign ministers called on Israel to halt the planned demolition. Last week, U.S. State Department spokesperson John Kirby also expressed concern, saying the demolition would be “harmful and provocative.” The standoff is the latest in a decades-long fight by Susiya residents, who have been facing forced displacement since the 1980s. In May, an Israeli court rejected the village’s injunction to stop the demolition, clearing the way for the bulldozers, that are expected to arrive any day. Residents have vowed to resist.

Zuhreyeh Nawaja, Susiya resident: “We are steadfast. We will resist until death. It’s impossible to make us leave. Even if they demolish it a thousand times, we will resist. We have olives, grapes, almonds, peaches, figs and everything to eat. We don’t produce. We just own the lands we are on. How many times have they made us refugees? How many times? They throw us out of Jareteen. They throw us out of Susiya (the settlement now), and now also they want to uproot us? Send us to where?”