May 12, 2026 | 22:22May 12, 2026 | 22:22On the day that the last families fled Ras Ein al-Auja in the Jordan Valley, only four of the village's roughly 200 schoolkids went to school. They were all Deif Jahalin's kids. That day, January 25th, Jahalin - with his six eldest children, his wife, and their remaining neighbors - packed his entire 50-year existence into a truck. He hasn't been back since.Even if the High Court rules in favor of Ras Ein al-Auja, there's no guarantee that the village's 120 families will ever be able to move back. ICYMI
Timeline: How one Palestinian West Bank community was erased
May 12, 2026 | 22:22May 12, 2026 | 22:22On the day that the last families fled Ras Ein al-Auja in the Jordan Valley, only four of the village's roughly 200 schoolkids went to school. They were all Deif Jahalin's kids. That day, January 25th, Jahalin - with his six eldest children, his wife, and their remaining neighbors - packed his entire 50-year existence into a truck. He hasn't been back since.Even if the High Court rules in favor of Ras Ein al-Auja, there's no guarantee that the village's 120 families will ever be able to move back. ICYMI
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