To visit their hundreds of relatives and friends living just a few hundred meters away in Hizma, located on the northern outskirts of the capital, members of the Khatib family must pass through a nearby checkpoint, thus crossing from area C (under full Israeli control) to the Palestinian Authority. However, family members are forbidden from moving freely within Pisgat Ze’ev, and are in essence “prisoners inside their own home.” According to them, any family member found outside the family compound will be sent to jail by Israeli authorities. (more…)