When you leave the building, the metal shed outside catches your eye – a rickety shack decorated with small Israeli flags, blue and white. The shack has been here for some four months, ostensibly marking its builders' territory and sovereignty. A larger Israeli flag stuck in the land owned by these Palestinians is even closer to their homes.

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