
The Jalazone refugee camp, administered by the UN, opened in 1948. Its 20,000 residents live just down the road from the Beit El settlement. Photo: Evan Simko-Bednarski

Three young boys in the Jalazone Refugee Camp peer out from a storefront. The posters beside them commemorate Palestinian boys killed in the conflict with Israel. Photo: Evan Simko-Bednarski

Jalazone refugee camp outside of Ramallah. Photo: Kali Kotoski

A minaret in the Jalazone refugee camp. Photo: Kali Kotoski

Flyer commemorating a “martyr” in Jalazone refugee camp. Photo: Kali Kotoski

A portrait of Yasser Arafat in the Jalazone refugee camp. Photo: Kali Kotoski

A young Palestinian girl in Jalazone refugee camp. Photo: Kali Kotoski

An abandoned van in Jalazone refugee camp. Photo: Kali Kotoski

Local mosque of the Jalazone refugee camp. Photo: Kali Kotoski

A depiction of the Palestinian Liberation Organization in Ramallah. Photo: Kali Kotoski

Protest in Ramallah over three dead “martyrs” who were killed in a morning raid by Israeli Defense Forces. Photo: Kali Kotoski

Angry protesters chant against the “occupation.” Photo: Kali Kotoski

Protesters demand a third Intifada. Photo: Kali Kotoski

A woman watching the protest in Ramallah. Photo: Kali Kotoski

PLO forces patrolling in Ramallah. Photo: Kali Kotoski

A tea stall in Ramallah. Photo: Kali Kotoski

A street vendor sells boiled corn in Ramallah. Photo: Kali Kotoski

Tomb of Yasser Arafat. Photo: Kali Kotoski

Guards outside the tomb of Yasser Arafat in Ramallah. Photo: Evan Simko-Bednarski

Driving through Ramallah in a taxi cab towards the Israeli checkpoint on the way back to Jerusalem. Photo: Kali Kotoski
Lead photo: A boy looks up from sweeping in the Jalazone refugee camp on the outskirts of Ramallah. (The Land/Evan Simko-Bednarski)