Years pass

Since 1967, Israel began building Jewish settlements on the land not given to them under the UN Partition Plan. This leads to more displacement - estimates for the years 1967-1987 for example indicate that some 21,000 Palestinians a year were displaced.

During the same period, an estimated 1,560 Palestinian homes were demolished. UN resolutions condemning the settlements do little to stop their growth. The Israeli military government also arrests and detains more than half a million Palestinians in the OPT.

Daily life is becoming more and more controlled, and even reading certain books becomes banned - 1,600 books were banned by the Israeli authorities in the OPT during this time. In Aida, things are getting even more cramped as life continues to get more restricted as a result of the occupation. The Israeli settlement of Gilo, which is officially established in 1971, is expanding on Aida's small amount of land.