Despite my excitement, as a Palestinian seeing the West Bank for the first time, it took me 2 days in Balata refugee camp to never want to see the place again. Ridiculously claustrophobic, crumbling upon itself and brimming with inadequacy. It took 2 more days for the 'physically and socially impossible' to become routine. A testament to how adaptable human beings are. The Palestinians have been forced to exist under this 'adjustment', and the attendant strains on stamina and psyche, for almost 60 years.