Progressive Jewish blog Jewschool reports that California Senator Dianne Feinstein is participating in a campaign led by Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem to #SaveSusiya, as their Twitter campaign puts it.

Khirbet Susiya is a small village in the southern West Bank – home to about 350, according to the BBC – currently threatened by demolition.

Feinstein tweeted about Susiya several times this morning:

[<a href=”//storify.com/kungfujew18/sen-diane-feinstein-on-savesusya” mce_href=”http://storify.com/kungfujew18/sen-diane-feinstein-on-savesusya” target=”_blank”>View the story “Sen. Dianne Feinstein on #SaveSusiya” on Storify</a>]

 

For more context, check out this BBC article.

 

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