Posted AT 10:19 AM EST on 23/08/08
Nomadic Bedouins face grim future in the Holy Land
KHIRBET UMM AL-KHAIR, WEST BANK — When Suleiman al-Hathalin's father arrived in this corner of the West Bank, fleeing war in 1948, he was a wealthy man by Bedouin standards, with camels and sheep and enough money to buy a large plot of land for his extended family.
Today, his family barely ekes out a living and has to accept emergency water and food rations.
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