The Dararma family was distraught this past Sunday. Around noon on that hot day, two jeeps
- one belonging to the Israel Defense Forces, the other to the Civil Administration -
arrived at their home. A few officers emerged from the vehicles and informed the family
that they would have to leave their home within a few hours and could not return until the
following morning. The reason: an IDF exercise was to be held in the area. It turned out
another 40 Palestinian families had received the same order. But not, of course, the
residents of the nearby Jewish settlements.

Although he's been subjected to evacuations and demolitions before, Kassem Dararma, a
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