"This victory, which forced the settlers to dismantle their outpost in preparation for leaving for good, confirms to me that one must never tire of continuing the struggle, despite all the methods they used to pressure me and my family into leaving the land, Kisiya told Al Jazeera."
"They left our family's land after four months and moved on to build an outpost on land belonging to our relatives. Yet, I have prevailed once again, because every time I saw them on my land, it strengthened my commitment to pursue my legal struggle, she said."
"The Israeli court ruling is very important, because it affirms my rights and ownership of the land and exposes the falsity of the occupation and settlers' manipulation of property documents in an illegal manner, as they were forged for political and personal purposes, Kisiya, w"
Alice Kisiya, a Palestinian Christian activist from Beit Jala, regained access to her family's 5-dunam land in al-Makhrour for the first time since 2019 after an Israeli court found that settlers' ownership documents were fabricated. Settlers had built an illegal outpost on the property and later moved to land of relatives, prompting a prolonged legal battle. A settler organisation had claimed to have purchased the land and submitted forged papers. After years of proceedings the court rejected the settlers' allegation and affirmed the Kisiya family's legal ownership and right to return. Kisiya framed the ruling as affirming her rights and exposing manipulation of property documents.
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