They need these olives in spite of the fact that the price they get for their oil has plummeted due to the difficulty of transporting it, with the series of roadblocks and restrictions which are a fundamental part of the strategy of the occupation - designed to cripple the physical and social infrastructure of Palestine. The strategy of Israel is flawless in its oppression, inch by inch and day by day the pressure mounts, with the ultimate objective of pushing the Palestinians so far back that they will simply retreat. Comparing this visit with my last visit, which I spent mainly in Ramallah and Nablus, I have noted that in the countryside there are less visible signs of the violence of occupation. There are not the bullet holes in every wall, or the remains of bulldozed houses and tank tracks in the tarmac and the bombed-out shells of administrative buildings. It takes (slightly) longer to see the violence here in the villages of Salfit. It is manifest in the fear! of children who think that I with my blues and fair hair am a settler woman, and who cling to the skirts of their mothers when I approach. It is visible in the poverty that has gripped most families since the intifada began - because their fathers cannot go to work in Israel, or cannot travel to work in other parts of the West Bank. People have to travel for hours to get to a town a few miles away. Families cannot easily visit brothers and cousins in different parts of the country or in Jordan. Farmers cannot tend to their fields - if they have not already been stolen by settlers. Young people cannot get to university. The bombs in Jenin and Gaza which made world headlines are a very clear and visible sign of violence against the Palestinians. But the more subtle psychological violence of piece by piece destroying people's lives cannot so easily be translated to screen. And it is this violence which is doing most of the damage.