Figures: Top - the Israeli settlement of Susya, about half a mile away from the Bedouin Susya, is connected to roads, to the electrical grid and to water supply. It has a building/zoning plan, and construction has been permitted for years with generous government budget support. Bottom - part of the lands of the Bedouin Susya were confiscated decades ago, and dwellings were demolished for the establishment of an archaeological park on the site of the Talmudic period, Jewish Susya.
Figures: The impoverished Bedouin village of Susya, population ~300, is located in the desert south of Hebron. It is disconnected from the electrical grid and water supply system, which pass right by it. The only local water source are a couple of primitive wells. There is no applicable building/zoning plan, and no construction has been permitted for decades. The villagers cultivate a small orchard of olive trees, have some livestock and beehives.
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