An eight-metre high metal fence surrounds the Gharib family home in the occupied West Bank. To reach it they must pass through a gate remotely controlled by the Israeli security forces. Since Israel seized the territory in the Six-Day War of 1967, a Jewish settlement has sprung up on surrounding land claimed by the family leaving them isolated in their single-storey house on the edge of the Palestinian village of Beit Ijza. Gharib has hung blue tarpaulins to create a screen between his home and the Givon Hahadasha settlement. "So that the kids can play without being bothered by the settlers and fearing them," he explains. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES ARRANGED IN SEQUENCES