In Hebron, the largest city in the West Bank, Israel has set up more than 200 checkpoints, with over 100 surrounding the old city, where some 400 Jewish settlers, protected by 2,000 Israeli soldiers, live separately among 5,000 Palestinians.
Issa Amro, a Palestinian human rights defender and a resident of Hebron, says Israel has tightened security measures recently. Now only Palestinians who live in the old city can enter there after registration.
"You have to register your name and ID number, and get a number at the checkpoint. I live inside the area, but I'm not allowed to go there, because I refuse to be a number. I am not a number. I am a human being. I don't need a permit to go in and out from my house, so I climb
