Middle East Trip 2003: Syria | Lebanon | Jordan | Palestine The Palestinian-Israeli conflict Travelogue
From the Bethlehem checkpoint the close israeli settlement of Har Homa can be seen. The dolly reveals the continuous expansion. The refugee camps do not have that option. The ecological lisraeli laws forbidds any type of extension due to the declaration of the lands as protected green areas.The israeli settlers easily obtain the change of the status to edificable, obtained after forced confiscation to the Palestinian farmers.