[AA.TR] Majid Hanani, a 64-year-old Paleostinian, has been forced to live the life of a caveman after his home in the West Bank was razed -- repeatedly -- by Israeli bulldozers.Located in the village of Tana east of the West Bank city of Nablus, Hanani’s home -- along with 300 other modest Paleostinian homes -- was razed by Israeli bulldozers early this year, prompting displaced residents to seek refuge inside nearby caves.
The Israeli authorities, for their part, attempted to justify the demolitions by saying the homes had been built without state permission.
"Life is difficult in the caves," Hanani told Anadolu Agency. "We lack most basic requirements."
"But we have no alternative," he said bitterly. "We build our homes out of corrugated iron and Israeli bulldozers eventually come and demolish them."
"I’ve seen it happen more than 20 times," he added.
While watching an old television set powered by solar energy, Hanani said: "I fear difficult days ahead; harassment by the Israeli army -- and the Jewish settlers -- will continue."
He pointed to an outpost on a nearby hilltop, saying: "That’s a [Jewish] settler who came several years ago with his caravan. Today, he runs a farm for breeding cattle."
"He established a settlement outpost there," he explained. "Now he wants to extend the boundaries of his property to include land on which we were living before the 1967 occupation."