Hebron, known to its Palestinian inhabitants as El Khalil, is the only city in the West Bank where Israeli settlements are situated inside the city, not on hills isolated from dense Palestinian city centers. The Old City has concrete walls and fencing running all through it, segregating the Jewish settlers from the Palestinians. A man takes us on top of his roof where we see settlers on the other side. There are two giant cylindrical towers with stars of david on them. These contain water for the settlers. Palestinians, on the other hand, store their water in tanks on their roofs. When water is cut off, they must fill up their tanks. A "water man" goes through a list of homes who need water and fills their tanks one by one. Some families are fortunate enough to have wells.

All throughout the Old City of Khalil/Hebron, wired nets are stretched from wall to wall over our heads. This is to protect from the garbage and filth that the settlers throw over onto the Palestinian homes. Looking above us,we see that garbage sits on the netting and blocks out the sun. On the rooftop, settlers are visible on the other side.

In Israel’s “administration” of the West Bank, Khalil holds a special classification. 20% of Hebron is controlled by Israel in the area known as H2. This means that 20% of Hebron belongs to merely 400 Jewish settlers. The city's 150,000 Arabs live in the 80% that is administered by the Palestinian Authority. It is an interesting ratio. I left Khalil with a bad taste in my mouth.