HEFR

The mayor of the district around Bet Hefr, Nachum Itzkovitz, began promoting the fence eight years ago.

"The wall means they are stealing our land," said Mahmoud Jilad, mayor of the West Bank city of Tulkarem, located just 1.5 kilometers from Bat Hefr on the other side of the fence, "It means the Palestinians are more cut off, and it means that the gap between the Palestinians and Israelis is getting wider," he said.

Israelis who live along the fence, like in Bat Hefr, agree.