The Palestinian woman on the cover of L'Espresso: Settlers were ready to kill us
Meead Abu al-Rub is watching the widely circulated video footage of her being harassed and abused by Israeli settlers last October during the olive harvest season. The 35-year-old Palestinian, who is now known around the world after a picture of her being taunted by one of the settlers appeared on the cover of Italian magazine L’Espresso, recalls what happened that day.
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