For decades, Palestinian woman Labiba Abdullah, 85, has been working on her farm in the village of Deir Ballut near the West Bank city of Salfit to make a living.

Unfortunately, Salfit is adjacent to the fourth largest Israeli settlement Ariel. Abdullah used to have 40 dunums (4 hectares) of farmland, which has now shrunk to 5 dunums due to Israeli confiscation of land for settlement expansion. She fears that her left land could also be lost in future.

Palestinian woman Labiba Abdullah, 85, works with a donkey to plough her farmland in the village of Deir Ballut near the West Bank city of Salfit, March 16, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua)

 

Palestinian woman Labiba Abdullah, 85, works on her farm in the village of Deir Ballut near the West Bank city of Salfit, March 16, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua)

 

Palestinian woman Labiba Abdullah, 85, works on her farm in the village of Deir Ballut, near West Bank city of Salfit, March 16, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua)

 

Palestinian woman Labiba Abdullah, 85, plants vegetables on her farmland in the village of Deir Ballut near the West Bank city of Salfit, March 16, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua)