Hebron and Southern Hebron Hills, Sunday 6.11.05, MorningObservers: Elena L., Paula R. (reporting)06:45 – 11:00What characterized this shift, I felt, was the rudeness of the soldiers, especially the soldiers of the Border Patrol, toward the Palestinians, which was also expressed toward us “for caring only for the Palestinians”. At Sansana Palestinian laborers who try to find a days work were jammed in two tents for hours. At the CP-s in Hebron, few people were detained on a whim from some soldiers. As to the Cordoba School, one cannot avoid the feeling that here too the sole purpose of not letting the children use the proper staircase is to humiliate. On the walls, at the entrance to school, settlers have smeared despicable graffiti. Sansana – 00:70 and 10:30 – 11:00We did not notice in the morning, when we passed this CP whether there were detainees in the tents. But on our way back, we saw that the two tents were full. Some 70 Palestinians were sitting on the ground, and as it seemed to us from afar (not been allowed to get close) quite intimidated. In each tent a soldier stood, guarding the helpless people that were caught trying to find a days work. The soldiers of the Border Patrol, as well as a volunteer of the police and some civilians (we did not gather who they were, one of them photographed us) were extremely hostile toward us: “It’s a closed military zone”, “Don’t interfere with our work” etc. They would not tell us how long they were detained, and for how long. We called the Head of the Border Patrol. A female officer promised to call us as soon as she could, and she called Elena later, at home. According to her, the commander in the field does not have to cooperate with us, but she agreed that he is obliged to behave to us in a suitable way, for our organization is recognized by the army authorities. She assured that all the people would not be detained over three hours. Dura el Pawar – Cement cubicles lay on the road (instead of spikes) from both directions, and soldiers inspect the ID-s. In a post stood a soldier with a rifle pointed in a right angle. Sheep junction – Traffic as usual.Hebron 07:30 – 10:00The entrance was without any problem. Our main objective was to observe the safe passage of the schoolchildren to the Cordoba school. This was also the goal of the volunteers of the various international organizations in Hebron, who stood at every few meters on the route to school, including the dangerous steps that lead to it (the ordinary stairs being blocked by wire) as a cordon of human solidarity. Mary came from Australia, an energetic woman, with laughing eyes. She has already experienced, the 74 year old volunteer, a kick from a settler boy. The soldiers looked but did not intervene. At the CP before the Tel-Rumeida turn, Elena went to look whether there is a by-path for pregnant women and children who are frightened by the scanning machine. The soldier said, grudgingly, that he lets when necessary.At the opposite side of the Shuhada street, behind the parking lot of the Cave of the Patriarchs is another CP with a scanning installation. This CP separates the ghost-city from the Rag’bi and Abu-Snan neighborhoods. Residents, on their way out of the neighborhood, have to go through this inspection. On our arrival there were three people detained. “This is our right to detain people randomly according to our judgment. We do not detain them for more than 5-10 minutes”. The people said that they had been waiting for an hour. Well, the commander explained, the GSS have to check their ID-s, and they can’t be reached on phone. 15 minutes later, one of them produced some sort of document, and he was released. The explanation that we got from the soldier was that “he had been waiting time enough.” Elena gave the remaining detainees her phone number and asked them to call her on their release. (They didn’t)On our return to the parking lot we saw at yet another CP three more detainees. The soldiers of this CP were from the Border Patrol, quite hostile toward us. They too cited the mantra of being entitled to detain for three hours whomever they find fit, especially after the incident. What incident? Stabbing! When? Half an hour ago. Well, not exactly stabbing. But there was a knife. A girl had a knife in her bag. An incident. We called their superiors (to no avail), but soon the people were released.Zif junction – The arm was open, but the passage was blocked with cement cubicles.Along route 317 boulders many boulders block the way to the road.