Regavim, a nongovernmental organization (NGO) that documents Palestinian attacks against Israelis in Judea and Samaria and illegal Palestinian construction in the territories, released a 206-page report Tuesday called “Real Estate Under Occupation.”

The tongue-in-cheek introduction explains that the Arabs living under Israeli oppression nevertheless soldiered on, with photos of Arab properties in Judea and Samaria that the report claims were taken in just one day.

Because every word in the introduction is a jewel, it is reproduced below:

“From the soaring cathedrals of Europe to the tents of Native American tribes, architecture and design express current realities, communal values and shared experience. The iron, cement and mortar of Occupied Palestine are no different: Despite oppression and the threat of erasure, Palestinians across the West Bank have found a way to express their unique peoplehood, history and connection to their ancestral homeland while making a clear statement about the unbearable burden of occupation — through the architecture of their living space.

“We have attempted to highlight the architectural elements that express the national aspirations of the oppressed people of Palestine, the design elements that reflect the harsh realities they contend with on a daily basis, and the structural elements that express the determination of a people whose wealth has been plundered and whose land has been stolen by the occupation. In the pages that follow, we offer a glimpse into the reality experienced by Palestinians of the Occupied West Bank as reflected in their homes across the old-new territory. Every brick tells the story of their oppression; every stairway speaks of their striving to rise above the cruelty of life under occupation, every courtyard echoes the aspiration to live free and to prosper.

“The images presented in these pages were all photographed in a single day, and are only a taste of what any visitor to the West Bank will find. They speak volumes about near-impossible living conditions, the extreme want, the paucity of resources and of hardship endured with humility. Every image is a cry against cruelty, dispossession, poverty and the yoke of occupation that is evident everywhere in the West Bank.

“The crafting of living conditions under the shadow of repressive occupation is no small feat, but despite the unspeakable hardships of occupation, the ever-accelerating rate of displacement and the severe hardships they face, the Palestinians of the West Bank are practicing Sumud — steadfastness — in ways that have never before been seen.”