Masked settlers attacked eight villages in one day.

Far away, in a place called the West Bank, families were picking olives off their trees, the way you would pick apples. Some men came and set trees on fire and hurt people. Doctors helped the hurt people, and the families say they will go back to their trees. It is far from here, and the grown-ups have it.

Why it worksA six-year-old reasons from what is in front of them, so the script hands them a picture they already own, picking apples, and sets the fire beside it without dwelling. Cantor’s work says the vivid image is what frightens this age, so it ends on the doctors and the families going back. Expect “did the trees die?” Some did.

Also written for 8–12 and 13–17.

Olive season in the West Bank, where 110,000 families live off the trees. On Friday, masked Israeli settlers attacked eight villages, burning cars and trees. Soldiers are meant to keep order; villagers say they stood by or helped. A referee who sees the foul and pockets the whistle.

Why it worksThis age tests whether adults apply the rules they announce, so the script runs one chain, trees to income to fire, then names the referee: soldiers the army says condemn the violence and villagers say stood by. Expect “whose side are the soldiers on?” Yesh Din says sometimes the settlers’. The army says it condemns them.

Also written for 5–7 and 13–17.

If soldiers watch an attack and let it run, are they part of it? Yesh Din says that happened Friday, when masked settlers hit eight West Bank villages. The army condemned it. Second: the UN counts 1,600 attacks in eight months. When is a pile of incidents a policy?

Why it worksA teenager can hold two true things at once, and this story hands them a pair: the army condemned Friday’s violence, and Yesh Din says soldiers sometimes assist it. Kuhn says arguing is practised against someone honest, so the script leaves the second question open. Expect “what is the US doing?” It condemned it.

Also written for 5–7 and 8–12.