A Palestinian American man flew to the occupied West Bank on Monday to help relatives defend the family home, which Israeli settlers have surrounded for more than a week. Settlers have surrounded several Palestinian houses in the village of Qusra, south of Nablus, and blocked the people inside from leaving.
Loui Ridi, who lives in Ohio, owns one of the houses. His brother and his teenage nephew have stayed inside to keep settlers from taking it. U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee called the settler siege a “horrific act of terror.” UNICEF brought in food, water and medicine over the weekend, after the Israeli military declared the area a closed military zone. This is Loui Ridi.

Loui Ridi: “I came here to be present with him. I left my luxury home in America. I left my luxury vehicles in America. I left my wife, my two daughters. I left my business and decided to be here at my home to protect it from the settlers to steal it, and raising the American flag to send the message to the American Embassy and the U.S. officials that I am currently under siege and I need a protection.”