Sep 2, 2026 · 32 min
Palestinian family defends home amid West Bank settler siege
The Fight for the West Bank
Loui Ridi’s account shows how settler violence, military restrictions, and limited diplomatic pressure converge on one family’s ancestral land.
- 1Loui Ridi returned from Ohio after settlers damaged his family home and established a threatening presence nearby.
- 2Military restrictions left Ridi and his relatives confined while officials disputed how to protect the property and its residents.
- 3For Ridi, defending the house means preserving ancestral land, family history, and a future imagined for his daughters.
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Ridi returns from Ohio and raises an American flag over the Qusra house as a warning against its seizure.
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Loui Ridi recounts watching from Ohio as settlers damaged his family’s home in Qusra, then camped nearby with ATVs and a tent, turning a property dispute into a sustained threat.
The house was built as a retirement home and a bridge to Palestinian heritage for Ridi’s American-born daughters, but its meaning reaches back through generations of family history.
Ridi flew to the West Bank, reunited with his brother, and raised an American flag over the house before military restrictions confined the family to the property.
Ridi says condemnations, including one from Mike Huckabee, have not produced meaningful accountability; he wants U.S. officials to visit and act against those responsible.
The Israeli military says it operated in Qusra to protect residents and prevent confrontations, while the episode leaves unresolved the continuing presence of soldiers and settlers.
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