this village of al-aqaba is tiny, but at the same time, it's an excellent focal point for understanding the situation today on the west bank. in 1967, 2,000 people lived in this community. today, only scattered families remain. تورفناها عنرفتها عن ابوي وابوي عن جده وجده. جده ت نوصل ل عثمان بن عفان دوله عثمانيه اللي حكمت هي البلد فوق ال 400 سنه هلا ايش مش ساكنين في العكبه احنا في الثمانينات كان في معسكر جيش هون هون بين ياسير والعقبه هسه يمنعونا نروحوا نيجي في الطريق شايف ما يخلوش يعني جنود انت عارف الجندي مش ادمي شايف هسه نحن نخاف على اولاد نخاف علىبنات على راح يجي وبعدين هناكونا ممنوع نبني بيت ممنوع نقعد اللي sea is as an enemy, hostile population effectively, as a population that is not welcome there, and so it's doing everything it can to make life very difficult for them. to understand the political situation today on the west bank, we have to go back to the year 1453. this was the point in history where the turks conquered the ancient city of constantinople. now istanbul, and established the adamman empire. for the next four centuries, the palestinian territory was ruled by the turk