In the Shadow of Israel's Security Fence - 03

Ibrahim Manasra, 60, uses a single point plow to work the ground around his grove of olive trees. Wadi Fukin was historically known as a rich agricultural valley that produced abundant and varied local crops grown using the water from local springs. Yet most residents in Wadi Fukin have been unable to earn a living as farmers since the late 1970s because checkpoints often kept them from delivering their harvest to market on time. Now more than half of the men in Wadi Fukin work either in Israel or in an Israeli settlement.