Bashar Jumaa is young and his English is excellent. “Forget about the A, B, and C sections of the West Bank, he tells me. “Now we have no control of the land here. Since 2000 the Israelis have had total control of the West Bank.”
“The IDF targets marginalized children, because they are the least likely to defend themselves,” says Jihad Shomaly, Program Assistant and Legal Researcher at the Defence for Children in Ramallah.
"We approach the checkpoint and pull behind the car in front of us. The soldiers have their guns leveled at the height of the heads of the passengers inside."