Palestinians turn rugged caves into homes after Israeli demolitions

Yatta, Palestinian Territories: Palestinian herder Mohammed Emar has set up a fully functional home for his family where his daughters can even sing karaoke. Only it is inside a cave after the Israeli army demolished his two houses. In the occupied West Bank’s arid region of Masafer Yatta, Emar made a smooth concrete floor on two caves’ rough limestone ground before applying a white limewash on the brittle stone walls. With time, electricity from solar panels and water from a well turned the gro