The Israelis show us no mercy. Most of the people we talked to say they feel it is no longer possible to live peacefully side by side with the Israelis. All names have been intentionally omitted from this article to protect those who talked to us. They live in Area C and fear retaliation. The are terrified the shooting will increase.
Parents live in terror of losing their children.
They live in terror that the IDF will seize their homes for 'security reasons'. They are terrified of IDF night patrols around their homes. They are terrified the IDF will close their neighbourhood, as the have in part of the Hebron neighbourhood of Hawuz, and force them to ask permission to leave their homes, require them to call ahead for permission to return and forbid visitors. One man described how he was forced by settlers at gunpoint to roll a burning tyre into his living room during the first Intifada. He is terrified it will happen again.