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  • Hala Mustafa Hajj, 9, from Ramallah, in the Paediatric Chemotherapy Department of the Augusta Victoria Hospital in Jerusalem. The Augusta Victoria Hospital is located on the southern side of Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem and is run by the Lutheran World Federation, LWF.
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  • A child is comforted by his mother as he is prepared for a CAT Scan in the Augusta Victoria Hospital. The Augusta Victoria Hospital is located on the southern side of Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem and is run by the Lutheran World Federation, LWF. The hospital has a Department of Oncology which is an advanced center for cancer treatment.
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  • Volunteers from the Lutheran Vocation Training Centre harvest olives on the Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem.
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  • Volunteers from the Lutheran Vocation Training Centre harvest olives on the Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem.
    OPT_Hawkey_Jerusalem_20161025-023-24.jpg
  • Wajed Wouredat, 11, is attended by nurse Falastine Dirgham in the Paediatric Dialysis Department of the Augusta Victoria Hospital in Jerusalem. The Augusta Victoria Hospital is located on the southern side of Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem and is run by the Lutheran World Federation, LWF. The hospital provides hemodialysis for patients in the West Bank with renal deficiency.
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  • An orthodox Jewish man walks through the Old City of Jerusalem wearing a shtreimel hat, a traditional fur hat worn by Hassidic Jews on Shabbat and Jewish holidays.
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  • T-shirts for sale in the Old City of Jerusalem say "Free Palestine" and "Freedom for Palestine"
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  • Rasmieh Awawdeh from Ramallah shares a joke with nurse Tasmin Tarayrah on the Hematology Ward of the Augusta Victoria Hospital in Jerusalem. On his hand is written the word 'Hope'. The Augusta Victoria Hospital is located on the southern side of Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem and is run by the Lutheran World Federation, LWF.
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  • Hiba Houshieh, technician at the Cancer Treatment Centre of the Augusta Victoria Hospital, directs a radiotherapy session from her control panel. The Augusta Victoria Hospital is located on the southern side of Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem and is run by the Lutheran World Federation, LWF.
    OPT_Hawkey_Jerusalem_20161025-023-25...jpg
  • in the Geriatric Department of the Augusta Victoria Hospital in Jerusalem. The Augusta Victoria Hospital is located on the southern side of Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem and is run by the Lutheran World Federation, LWF.
    OPT_Hawkey_Jerusalem_20161025-023-17...jpg
  • Protective masks for specific treatments at the Cancer Treatment Centre of the Augusta Victoria Hospital, in the radiotherapy ward. The Augusta Victoria Hospital is located on the southern side of Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem and is run by the Lutheran World Federation, LWF.
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  • Volunteers from the Lutheran Vocation Training Centre harvest olives on the Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem.
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  • Khalil Sa'adeh from Jerusalem with Abdul Aziz Khalil in the Geriatric Department of the Augusta Victoria Hospital in Jerusalem. The Augusta Victoria Hospital is located on the southern side of Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem and is run by the Lutheran World Federation, LWF.
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  • A patient is injected on the Hematology Ward of the Augusta Victoria Hospital in Jerusalem. On his hand is written the word 'Hope'. The Augusta Victoria Hospital is located on the southern side of Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem and is run by the Lutheran World Federation, LWF.
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  • Khalil Sa'adeh from Jerusalem in the Geriatric Department of the Augusta Victoria Hospital in Jerusalem. The Augusta Victoria Hospital is located on the southern side of Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem and is run by the Lutheran World Federation, LWF.
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  • Nurses Nader Ayesh and Issa Khair in the Paediatric Dialysis Department of the Augusta Victoria Hospital in Jerusalem. The Augusta Victoria Hospital is located on the southern side of Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem and is run by the Lutheran World Federation, LWF. The hospital provides hemodialysis for patients in the West Bank with renal deficiency.
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  • Murtada Dweik, 6, from Hebron, in the Paediatric Chemotherapy Department of the Augusta Victoria Hospital in Jerusalem. The Augusta Victoria Hospital is located on the southern side of Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem and is run by the Lutheran World Federation, LWF.
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  • Volunteers from the Lutheran Vocation Training Centre harvest olives on the Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem.
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  • The golden roof of the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem is seen from above, the Mount of Olives is seen behind.
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  • A street scene in the Old City of Jerusalem after dark.
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  • Fruit sellers in the Old City of Jerusalem at Damascus Gate
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  • In the Old City of Jerusalem, Israeli flags fly from buildings acquired by Jewish Settlers in the Arab quarter
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  • Mu'tasem Al-Teill, technician at the Cancer Treatment Centre of the Augusta Victoria Hospital, in the radiotherapy ward. The Augusta Victoria Hospital is located on the southern side of Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem and is run by the Lutheran World Federation, LWF.
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  • Staff at the Bone Marrow Transplant department and laboratory. The Augusta Victoria Hospital is located on the southern side of Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem and is run by the Lutheran World Federation, LWF.
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  • Staff at the Bone Marrow Transplant department and laboratory. The Augusta Victoria Hospital is located on the southern side of Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem and is run by the Lutheran World Federation, LWF.
    OPT_Hawkey_Jerusalem_20161025-023-23...jpg
  • Wajed Wouredat, 11, is attended by nurse Falastine Dirgham in the Paediatric Dialysis Department of the Augusta Victoria Hospital in Jerusalem. The Augusta Victoria Hospital is located on the southern side of Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem and is run by the Lutheran World Federation, LWF. The hospital provides hemodialysis for patients in the West Bank with renal deficiency.
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  • Wajed Wouredat, 11, is attended by nurse Falastine Dirgham in the Paediatric Dialysis Department of the Augusta Victoria Hospital in Jerusalem. The Augusta Victoria Hospital is located on the southern side of Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem and is run by the Lutheran World Federation, LWF. The hospital provides hemodialysis for patients in the West Bank with renal deficiency.
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  • Yusra Darabee, 16, is attended by nurse Nader Ayesh in the Paediatric Dialysis Department of the Augusta Victoria Hospital in Jerusalem. The Augusta Victoria Hospital is located on the southern side of Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem and is run by the Lutheran World Federation, LWF. The hospital provides hemodialysis for patients in the West Bank with renal deficiency.
    OPT_Hawkey_Jerusalem_20161025-023-10...jpg
  • Hiba Houshieh, technician at the Cancer Treatment Centre of the Augusta Victoria Hospital, directs a radiotherapy session from her control panel. The Augusta Victoria Hospital is located on the southern side of Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem and is run by the Lutheran World Federation, LWF.
    OPT_Hawkey_Jerusalem_20161025-022-33...jpg
  • A radiotherapy session is directed from the control panel in the Cancer Treatment Centre in the August Victoria Hospital. The Augusta Victoria Hospital is located on the southern side of Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem and is run by the Lutheran World Federation, LWF.
    OPT_Hawkey_Jerusalem_20161025-022-31...jpg
  • Nu'man Dweikat, 20, from the Ballata Refugee Camp in Nablus, shares a joke with staff nurse Tasmin Tarayrah on the Hematology Ward of the Augusta Victoria Hospital in Jerusalem. On his hand is written the word 'Hope'. The Augusta Victoria Hospital is located on the southern side of Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem and is run by the Lutheran World Federation, LWF.
    OPT_Hawkey_Jerusalem_20161025-022-28...jpg
  • Nurse Falastine Dirgham in the Paediatric Dialysis Department of the Augusta Victoria Hospital in Jerusalem. The Augusta Victoria Hospital is located on the southern side of Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem and is run by the Lutheran World Federation, LWF. The hospital provides hemodialysis for patients in the West Bank with renal deficiency.
    OPT_Hawkey_Jerusalem_20161025-022-19...jpg
  • Volunteers from the Lutheran Vocation Training Centre harvest olives on the Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem.
    OPT_Hawkey_Jerusalem_20161025-022-80.jpg
  • Volunteers from the Lutheran Vocation Training Centre harvest olives on the Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem.
    OPT_Hawkey_Jerusalem_20161025-022-98.jpg
  • Volunteers from the Lutheran Vocation Training Centre harvest olives on the Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem.
    OPT_Hawkey_Jerusalem_20161025-022-49.jpg
  • The golden roof of the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem is seen from above, the Mount of Olives is seen behind.
    OPT_Hawkey_Jerusalem_20161025-022-21.jpg
  • Volunteers from the Lutheran Vocation Training Centre harvest olives on the Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem.
    OPT_Hawkey_Jerusalem_20161025-022-47.jpg
  • Roofs of the Old City of Jerusalem taken from the spire at the Church of The Redeemer.
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  • T-shirts for sale in the Old City of Jerusalem say "Guns N Moses"
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  • Outside the Holy Church of the Sepulchre, pilgrims gather before entering
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  • Damascus Gate, Jerusalem
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  • A sign warning of radiation at the Cancer Treatment Centre of the Augusta Victoria Hospital. The Augusta Victoria Hospital is located on the southern side of Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem and is run by the Lutheran World Federation, LWF.
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  • Yusra Darabee, 16, is attended by nurse Nader Ayesh in the Paediatric Dialysis Department of the Augusta Victoria Hospital in Jerusalem. The Augusta Victoria Hospital is located on the southern side of Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem and is run by the Lutheran World Federation, LWF. The hospital provides hemodialysis for patients in the West Bank with renal deficiency.
    OPT_Hawkey_Jerusalem_20161025-023-93.jpg
  • Yusra Darabee, 16, is attended by nurse Nader Ayesh in the Paediatric Dialysis Department of the Augusta Victoria Hospital in Jerusalem. The Augusta Victoria Hospital is located on the southern side of Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem and is run by the Lutheran World Federation, LWF. The hospital provides hemodialysis for patients in the West Bank with renal deficiency.
    OPT_Hawkey_Jerusalem_20161025-022-16...jpg
  • Volunteers from the Lutheran Vocation Training Centre harvest olives on the Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem.
    OPT_Hawkey_Jerusalem_20161025-022-12...jpg
  • Volunteers from the Lutheran Vocation Training Centre harvest olives on the Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem.
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  • Street scene near Damascus Gate in Jerusalem
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  • in the Geriatric Department of the Augusta Victoria Hospital in Jerusalem. The Augusta Victoria Hospital is located on the southern side of Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem and is run by the Lutheran World Federation, LWF.
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  • Khalil Sa'adeh from Jerusalem (Right) with a nurse in the Geriatric Department of the Augusta Victoria Hospital in Jerusalem. The Augusta Victoria Hospital is located on the southern side of Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem and is run by the Lutheran World Federation, LWF.
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  • Volunteers from the Lutheran Vocation Training Centre harvest olives on the Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem.
    OPT_Hawkey_Jerusalem_20161025-022-13...jpg
  • Volunteers from the Lutheran Vocation Training Centre harvest olives on the Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem.
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  • Children in the Aida Camp in Bethlehem look from windows. The West Bank has 19 refugee camps and 741,409 registered refugees. These are people who lost both home and means of livelihood when Israel occupied Palestinian territories by force in 1948.
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  • Just below the edge of Ma'ale Adumim, one of the largest Israeli settlements in the West Bank, an artificial lake has been built for Israelis. Palestinian neighbours are not allowed to use the park, and they have a restricted allocation of water that is considered inadequate by the World Health Organisation.<br />
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The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank to be illegal under Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention which prohibits an occupying power from transferring citizens from its own territory to occupied territory. 1000 Palestinians were evicted to make way for the construction of the Ma'ale Adumim settlement.
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  • A mural on the Separation Barrier in Bethlehem depicts Leila Khaled, symbol of Palestinian Resistance. The Israeli West Bank barrier or wall is a separation barrier in the West Bank. Israel calls it a security barrier while Palestinians and many others call it a racial segregation or apartheid wall. At a total length of 708 kilometres (440 miles) upon completion, the border traced by the barrier is more than double the length of the Green Line, with 15% running along it or in Israel, while the remaining 85% cuts at times 18 kilometres (11 miles) deep into the West Bank, isolating about 9.4% of it, leaving an estimated 25,000 Palestinians isolated from the bulk of that territory.
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  • In Wadi Fukim, a Palestinian village in the West Bank, large illegal hilltop settlements are encroaching on their rapidly-shrinking territory. <br />
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As the Isaeli settlements of Tsur Hadasa (pictured) and Betar Illit expand, the villagers have little hope about remaining in their village long term, particularly because it is rich in water. Already many thousands of dunams have been taken by the expanding settlements, and restrictiions on movement, including the building of the Separation Barrier and lots of checkpoints, is severe.<br />
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The village is watered by 11 springs used to irrigate hundreds of small farm plots using a system of canals and dams. Armed Israeli settlers and the threat of eviction make life in the village uncertain.
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  • The house of Mohammed Khaled Rabaya, in Beit Hanina, a Palestinian neighbourhood in East Jerusalem, was demolished on July 4th 2017.  Some of his family possessions were left in the open air shortly after the demolition.<br />
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The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) report that "during 2016 the Israeli authorities demolished or seized 1,093 Palestinian-owned structures throughout the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, displacing over 1,600 Palestinians, around half of them children, and affecting the livelihoods of more than 7,000 others. These figures are nearly double those of 2015 and the highest since 2009, when OCHA began the systematic monitoring of demolitions."... "During January 2017, OCHA recorded the demolition of 140 structures by the Israeli authorities, displacing around 240 Palestinians and affecting another 4,000. The number of structures demolished during the first month of the year was over 50 per cent higher than the monthly average of structures targeted in 2016 (91). All of these demolitions were carried out in Area C and East Jerusalem on the grounds of lack of building permits, although these are nearly impossible to obtain for Palestinians."
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  • Through the Jordan Valley in the West Bank, large Israeli agricultural projects are run by settlers on illegal Israeli settlements. They produce fruit and vegetables and palm oil for export. These projects are all irrigated. <br />
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Meanwhile, Palestinian villages in the same area have restricted and inadequate water supplies, and many are prevented from getting connections to the water network. <br />
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in the northern part of the Jordan Valley, Israel has dismantled Palestinian irrigation systems and imposes the most restrictive water regime.
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  • Inside the West Bank, there are dozens of wells, water treatment plants and pumping stations that pump water straight into Israel and the illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank, but leaving inadequate allocations for the Palestinians.<br />
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In the West Bank daily consumption of water per capita for domestic, urban, and industrial use is just 73 litres, but as low as 20 litres in some places. In Israeli towns daily consumption is 242 litres per capita. <br />
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The World Health Organization and other international bodies recommend 100 litres of water per capita per day as the minimum quantity for basic consumption. <br />
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This amount includes, in addition to domestic use, consumption in hospitals, schools, businesses, and other public institutions. Palestinian daily consumption is one-third less than the recommended quantity. <br />
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This inequality reflects a broader policy of discrimination against the Palestinians.
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  • A Palestinian flag flies above a school in the West Bank.
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  • Mohammed Sbeah's house in Beit Hanina, a Palestinian neighbourhood in East Jerusalem, was demolished on 4th July 2017. Mr Sbeah explained what happened: "I was surprised that I saw a big bulldozer, with a lot of army and policemen and special forces, they came with the local governent. They started tearing my house down, without taking me to court, without me seeing a judge or anything. They just teared down the house". His family is now living in his mother-in-law's house. The local community has helped him clear the debris.
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  • Dawn at Checkpoint 300 as thousands of Palestinian workers make their way to work in Israel.
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  • A plastic chair stands in the ruins of the house of Mohammed Khaled Rabaya, in Beit Hanina, a Palestinian neighbourhood in East Jerusalem. The house was demolished on July 4th 2017 by Israeli forces with a bulldozer.
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  • Mohammed Sbeah's house in Beit Hanina, a Palestinian neighbourhood in East Jerusalem, was demolished on 4th July 2017. Mr Sbeah explained what happened: "I was surprised that I saw a big bulldozer, with a lot of army and policemen and special forces, they came with the local governent. They started tearing my house down, without taking me to court, without me seeing a judge or anything. They just teared down the house". His family is now living in his mother-in-law's house. The local community has helped him clear the debris.
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  • The Israeli West Bank barrier or wall is a separation barrier in the West Bank. Israel calls it a security barrier while Palestinians and many others call it a racial segregation or apartheid wall. At a total length of 708 kilometres (440 miles) upon completion, the border traced by the barrier is more than double the length of the Green Line, with 15% running along it or in Israel, while the remaining 85% cuts at times 18 kilometres (11 miles) deep into the West Bank, isolating about 9.4% of it, leaving an estimated 25,000 Palestinians isolated from the bulk of that territory.
    OPT_Hawkey_Bethlehem_20161027-027-89.jpg
  • The Israeli West Bank barrier or wall is a separation barrier in the West Bank. Israel calls it a security barrier while Palestinians and many others call it a racial segregation or apartheid wall. At a total length of 708 kilometres (440 miles) upon completion, the border traced by the barrier is more than double the length of the Green Line, with 15% running along it or in Israel, while the remaining 85% cuts at times 18 kilometres (11 miles) deep into the West Bank, isolating about 9.4% of it, leaving an estimated 25,000 Palestinians isolated from the bulk of that territory.
    OPT_Hawkey_Bethlehem_20161026-025-22...jpg
  • Christian symbols stuck to the Israeli separation barrier in Bethlehem. The Israeli West Bank barrier or wall is a separation barrier in the West Bank. Israel calls it a security barrier while Palestinians and many others call it a racial segregation or apartheid wall. At a total length of 708 kilometres (440 miles) upon completion, the border traced by the barrier is more than double the length of the Green Line, with 15% running along it or in Israel, while the remaining 85% cuts at times 18 kilometres (11 miles) deep into the West Bank, isolating about 9.4% of it, leaving an estimated 25,000 Palestinians isolated from the bulk of that territory.
    OPT_Hawkey_Bethlehem_20161026-025-21...jpg
  • An Orthodox Icon is painted on a segment of the Israeli separation barrier. The Israeli West Bank barrier or wall is a separation barrier in the West Bank. Israel calls it a security barrier while Palestinians and many others call it a racial segregation or apartheid wall. At a total length of 708 kilometres (440 miles) upon completion, the border traced by the barrier is more than double the length of the Green Line, with 15% running along it or in Israel, while the remaining 85% cuts at times 18 kilometres (11 miles) deep into the West Bank, isolating about 9.4% of it, leaving an estimated 25,000 Palestinians isolated from the bulk of that territory.
    OPT_Hawkey_Bethlehem_20161026-025-21...jpg
  • The Israeli West Bank barrier or wall is a separation barrier in the West Bank. Israel calls it a security barrier while Palestinians and many others call it a racial segregation or apartheid wall. At a total length of 708 kilometres (440 miles) upon completion, the border traced by the barrier is more than double the length of the Green Line, with 15% running along it or in Israel, while the remaining 85% cuts at times 18 kilometres (11 miles) deep into the West Bank, isolating about 9.4% of it, leaving an estimated 25,000 Palestinians isolated from the bulk of that territory.
    OPT_Hawkey_Bethlehem_20161026-024-56.jpg
  • A street sign says "Wall Street" on the Israel separation wall in Bethlehem. The Israeli West Bank barrier or wall is a separation barrier in the West Bank. Israel calls it a security barrier while Palestinians and many others call it a racial segregation or apartheid wall. At a total length of 708 kilometres (440 miles) upon completion, the border traced by the barrier is more than double the length of the Green Line, with 15% running along it or in Israel, while the remaining 85% cuts at times 18 kilometres (11 miles) deep into the West Bank, isolating about 9.4% of it, leaving an estimated 25,000 Palestinians isolated from the bulk of that territory.
    OPT_Hawkey_Bethlehem_20161026-025-22...jpg
  • A fragment of a mural seen through the window of a moving car in Bethlehem. The Israeli West Bank barrier or wall is a separation barrier in the West Bank. Israel calls it a security barrier while Palestinians and many others call it a racial segregation or apartheid wall. At a total length of 708 kilometres (440 miles) upon completion, the border traced by the barrier is more than double the length of the Green Line, with 15% running along it or in Israel, while the remaining 85% cuts at times 18 kilometres (11 miles) deep into the West Bank, isolating about 9.4% of it, leaving an estimated 25,000 Palestinians isolated from the bulk of that territory.
    OPT_Hawkey_Bethlehem_20161026-025-19...jpg
  • Students paint messages on the separation wall. The Israeli West Bank barrier or wall is a separation barrier in the West Bank. Israel calls it a security barrier while Palestinians and many others call it a racial segregation or apartheid wall. At a total length of 708 kilometres (440 miles) upon completion, the border traced by the barrier is more than double the length of the Green Line, with 15% running along it or in Israel, while the remaining 85% cuts at times 18 kilometres (11 miles) deep into the West Bank, isolating about 9.4% of it, leaving an estimated 25,000 Palestinians isolated from the bulk of that territory.
    OPT_Hawkey_Bethlehem_20161027-026-10...jpg
  • Owe Boersma of EAPPI in front of a tower on the separation wall in Bethlehem. The Israeli West Bank barrier or wall is a separation barrier in the West Bank. Israel calls it a security barrier while Palestinians and many others call it a racial segregation or apartheid wall. At a total length of 708 kilometres (440 miles) upon completion, the border traced by the barrier is more than double the length of the Green Line, with 15% running along it or in Israel, while the remaining 85% cuts at times 18 kilometres (11 miles) deep into the West Bank, isolating about 9.4% of it, leaving an estimated 25,000 Palestinians isolated from the bulk of that territory.
    OPT_Hawkey_Bethlehem_20161027-027-49.jpg
  • The Israeli West Bank barrier or wall is a separation barrier in the West Bank. Israel calls it a security barrier while Palestinians and many others call it a racial segregation or apartheid wall. At a total length of 708 kilometres (440 miles) upon completion, the border traced by the barrier is more than double the length of the Green Line, with 15% running along it or in Israel, while the remaining 85% cuts at times 18 kilometres (11 miles) deep into the West Bank, isolating about 9.4% of it, leaving an estimated 25,000 Palestinians isolated from the bulk of that territory.
    OPT_Hawkey_Bethlehem_20161026-025-30...jpg
  • A mural saying "El Salvador" is painted on the Israeli separation wall in Bethlehem. The Israeli West Bank barrier or wall is a separation barrier in the West Bank. Israel calls it a security barrier while Palestinians and many others call it a racial segregation or apartheid wall. At a total length of 708 kilometres (440 miles) upon completion, the border traced by the barrier is more than double the length of the Green Line, with 15% running along it or in Israel, while the remaining 85% cuts at times 18 kilometres (11 miles) deep into the West Bank, isolating about 9.4% of it, leaving an estimated 25,000 Palestinians isolated from the bulk of that territory.
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  • Here Israeli machinery is at work building the Separation Barrier in the West Bank, near Beit Jala. <br />
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85% of the barrier's planned route runs through the West Bank, mainly in areas where there are Israeli settlements and industrial zones. By July 2012, construction of the barrier was 62% complete. It left some 3% of the West Bank territory cut off, west of the barrier. Completed as planned, the barrier will isolate an additional area of more than 6% of West Bank lands on the Israeli side. Construction of the barrier in the West Bank gravely violates the rights of Palestinians in the areas affected, restricting their access to their lands, crucial services and relatives on the other side of the barrier. The barrier also prevents any possibility of economic development.
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  • Parts of the Separation Barrier are built on land seized from Palestinians, or between Palestinians and their lands<br />
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The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) estimates that in the north of the West Bank about 80 per cent of Palestinians who own land on the other side of the barrier have not received permits from the Israeli authorities, and hence cannot cultivate their fields.
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  • Parts of the Separation Barrier are built on land seized from Palestinians, or between Palestinians and their lands<br />
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The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) estimates that in the north of the West Bank about 80 per cent of Palestinians who own land on the other side of the barrier have not received permits from the Israeli authorities, and hence cannot cultivate their fields.
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  • With around 100 fixed checkpoints like Checkpoint 300 in the West Bank and hundreds of temporary 'flying checkpoints', the movement of Palestinians is highly restricted.<br />
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For Palestinians the checkpoints do not only waste a lot of their time, but they are humiliating and stressful.<br />
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It can take two hours to pass through the checkpoint each day. Many younger people climb the walls to cut in the line, causing more stress for many people, and feelings of resentment.
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  • Checkpoint 300 is located approximately 2 km inside the green line. Between 4,000 to 6,000 workers cross this checkpoint daily before 7am to reach their workplaces in Israel.<br />
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Palestinians in the West Bank must hold an Israeli permit to cross the checkpoint. They are not allowed free movement into Israel.<br />
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Many of the workers are labourers in the construction of illegal Israeli settlements.
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  • A "school run" in the West Bank: ecumenical accompaniers visit schools as the students travel to and from the schools, to protect the students from agression and intimidation from Israeli forces and settlers. The Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) is a programme coordinated by the World Council of Churches founded in response to a call from the local Heads of Churches in Jerusalem that brings internationals to the West Bank. Since 2002, over 1,500 volunteers have come for three months to be Ecumenical Accompaniers. Accompaniers offer protective presence to vulnerable communities and monitor and report human rights abuses. They join Palestinians and Israelis who work in nonviolent ways for peace and support the local churches.
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  • A "school run" in the West Bank: ecumenical accompaniers visit schools as the students travel to and from the schools, to protect the students from agression and intimidation from Israeli forces and settlers. The Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) is a programme coordinated by the World Council of Churches founded in response to a call from the local Heads of Churches in Jerusalem that brings internationals to the West Bank. Since 2002, over 1,500 volunteers have come for three months to be Ecumenical Accompaniers. Accompaniers offer protective presence to vulnerable communities and monitor and report human rights abuses. They join Palestinians and Israelis who work in nonviolent ways for peace and support the local churches.
    OPT_Hawkey_Bethlehem_20161026-025-12...jpg
  • A "school run" in the West Bank: ecumenical accompaniers visit schools as the students travel to and from the schools, to protect the students from agression and intimidation from Israeli forces and settlers. The Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) is a programme coordinated by the World Council of Churches founded in response to a call from the local Heads of Churches in Jerusalem that brings internationals to the West Bank. Since 2002, over 1,500 volunteers have come for three months to be Ecumenical Accompaniers. Accompaniers offer protective presence to vulnerable communities and monitor and report human rights abuses. They join Palestinians and Israelis who work in nonviolent ways for peace and support the local churches.
    OPT_Hawkey_Bethlehem_20161026-025-87.jpg
  • A farmer gives water to his sheep in Tubas district in the northern part of the West Bank. <br />
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Despite there being nearby wells that pump water into Israeli settlements, Palestinians are denied access to the water network here and have to buy all their water from tankers. This is roughly four times more expensive than buying water from the network, because of the cost of the tanker transport.<br />
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This is Area C, which is completely under Israeli military control, no building is allowed - not one stone on top of another - and if buildings are erected they are quickly demolished by the Israeli military. Consequently, farmers are obliged to live in tents. This farmer made it clear that he is not a Bedouin, and didn't like being called a Bedouin as he is not from a nomadic tradition, he is a farmer who is not allowed to build farm buildings, have an irrigation system like his Israeli neighbours, or be connected to the water network.
    OPT_Hawkey_WCC_20170704_133.jpg
  • Palestinians at the spring in Battir village near Bethlehem, one of very few places in the West Bank where Israel hasn't taken control of the water source. The spring has been managed here since Roman times. <br />
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The line that the Separation Barrier is following has annexed significant water sources in the West Bank.
    OPT_Hawkey_WCC_20170703_086.jpg
  • A "school run" in the West Bank: ecumenical accompaniers visit schools as the students travel to and from the schools, to protect the students from agression and intimidation from Israeli forces and settlers. The Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) is a programme coordinated by the World Council of Churches founded in response to a call from the local Heads of Churches in Jerusalem that brings internationals to the West Bank. Since 2002, over 1,500 volunteers have come for three months to be Ecumenical Accompaniers. Accompaniers offer protective presence to vulnerable communities and monitor and report human rights abuses. They join Palestinians and Israelis who work in nonviolent ways for peace and support the local churches.
    OPT_Hawkey_Bethlehem_20161026-025-91...jpg
  • A "school run" in the West Bank: ecumenical accompaniers visit schools as the students travel to and from the schools, to protect the students from agression and intimidation from Israeli forces and settlers. The Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) is a programme coordinated by the World Council of Churches founded in response to a call from the local Heads of Churches in Jerusalem that brings internationals to the West Bank. Since 2002, over 1,500 volunteers have come for three months to be Ecumenical Accompaniers. Accompaniers offer protective presence to vulnerable communities and monitor and report human rights abuses. They join Palestinians and Israelis who work in nonviolent ways for peace and support the local churches.
    OPT_Hawkey_Bethlehem_20161026-025-46...jpg
  • A "school run" in the West Bank: ecumenical accompaniers visit schools as the students travel to and from the schools, to protect the students from agression and intimidation from Israeli forces and settlers. The Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) is a programme coordinated by the World Council of Churches founded in response to a call from the local Heads of Churches in Jerusalem that brings internationals to the West Bank. Since 2002, over 1,500 volunteers have come for three months to be Ecumenical Accompaniers. Accompaniers offer protective presence to vulnerable communities and monitor and report human rights abuses. They join Palestinians and Israelis who work in nonviolent ways for peace and support the local churches.
    OPT_Hawkey_Bethlehem_20161026-024-43.jpg
  • Palestinians at the spring in Battir village near Bethlehem, one of very few places in the West Bank where Israel hasn't taken control of the water source. The spring has been managed here since Roman times. <br />
<br />
The line that the Separation Barrier is following has annexed significant water sources in the West Bank.
    OPT_Hawkey_WCC_20170703_084.jpg
  • The Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) is a programme coordinated by the World Council of Churches founded in response to a call from the local Heads of Churches in Jerusalem that brings internationals to the West Bank. Since 2002, over 1,500 volunteers have come for 3 months to be Ecumenical Accompaniers. Accompaniers offer protective presence to vulnerable communities and monitor and report human rights abuses. They join Palestinians and Israelis who work in nonviolent ways for peace and support the local churches.
    OPT_Hawkey_Bethlehem_20161026-025-26...jpg
  • A "school run" in the West Bank: ecumenical accompaniers visit schools as the students travel to and from the schools, to protect the students from agression and intimidation from Israeli forces and settlers. The Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) is a programme coordinated by the World Council of Churches founded in response to a call from the local Heads of Churches in Jerusalem that brings internationals to the West Bank. Since 2002, over 1,500 volunteers have come for three months to be Ecumenical Accompaniers. Accompaniers offer protective presence to vulnerable communities and monitor and report human rights abuses. They join Palestinians and Israelis who work in nonviolent ways for peace and support the local churches.
    OPT_Hawkey_Bethlehem_20161026-025-13...jpg
  • A "school run" in the West Bank: ecumenical accompaniers visit schools as the students travel to and from the schools, to protect the students from agression and intimidation from Israeli forces and settlers. The Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) is a programme coordinated by the World Council of Churches founded in response to a call from the local Heads of Churches in Jerusalem that brings internationals to the West Bank. Since 2002, over 1,500 volunteers have come for three months to be Ecumenical Accompaniers. Accompaniers offer protective presence to vulnerable communities and monitor and report human rights abuses. They join Palestinians and Israelis who work in nonviolent ways for peace and support the local churches.
    OPT_Hawkey_Bethlehem_20161026-025-15...jpg
  • A "school run" in the West Bank: ecumenical accompaniers visit schools as the students travel to and from the schools, to protect the students from agression and intimidation from Israeli forces and settlers. The Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) is a programme coordinated by the World Council of Churches founded in response to a call from the local Heads of Churches in Jerusalem that brings internationals to the West Bank. Since 2002, over 1,500 volunteers have come for three months to be Ecumenical Accompaniers. Accompaniers offer protective presence to vulnerable communities and monitor and report human rights abuses. They join Palestinians and Israelis who work in nonviolent ways for peace and support the local churches.
    OPT_Hawkey_Bethlehem_20161026-025-11...jpg
  • A "school run" in the West Bank: ecumenical accompaniers visit schools as the students travel to and from the schools, to protect the students from agression and intimidation from Israeli forces and settlers. The Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) is a programme coordinated by the World Council of Churches founded in response to a call from the local Heads of Churches in Jerusalem that brings internationals to the West Bank. Since 2002, over 1,500 volunteers have come for three months to be Ecumenical Accompaniers. Accompaniers offer protective presence to vulnerable communities and monitor and report human rights abuses. They join Palestinians and Israelis who work in nonviolent ways for peace and support the local churches.
    OPT_Hawkey_Bethlehem_20161026-025-64.jpg
  • A "school run" in the West Bank: ecumenical accompaniers visit schools as the students travel to and from the schools, to protect the students from agression and intimidation from Israeli forces and settlers. The Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) is a programme coordinated by the World Council of Churches founded in response to a call from the local Heads of Churches in Jerusalem that brings internationals to the West Bank. Since 2002, over 1,500 volunteers have come for three months to be Ecumenical Accompaniers. Accompaniers offer protective presence to vulnerable communities and monitor and report human rights abuses. They join Palestinians and Israelis who work in nonviolent ways for peace and support the local churches.
    OPT_Hawkey_Bethlehem_20161026-025-11...jpg
  • Jewish men pray at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Armed settlers also pray at the wall and walk freely through Jerusalem.
    OPT_Hawkey_WCC_20170703_013.jpg
  • A farmer in Tubas district, northern West Bank, shows how his crop of wheat was stunted, the rains failed this year, so the grains didn't develop, it wasn't even worth putting petrol in the tractor to harvest it, so he put his flock of sheep to graze it.
    OPT_Hawkey_WCC_20170704_102.jpg
  • The Holy Church of the Sepulchre. This is where Jesus was crucified, where he was buried and resurrected.
    OPT_Hawkey_WCC_20170703_026.jpg
  • The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem.
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  • The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem.
    OPT_Hawkey_WCC_20170703_019.jpg
  • Jewish men pray at the Western Wall in Jerusalem.
    OPT_Hawkey_WCC_20170703_017.jpg
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