Beit Ummar
Bethlehem and Surroundings PM 27.2.06 Observers: Shlomit, S., Yael, S., (reporter) We drove through Walaja Checkpoint. From there on to Ein Yallo. Nothing special. Many Border Patrol Police at the checkpoint (about 10) but there is no traffic. The Wallja checkpoint is not manned. DCO Beit Jallah: Not manned. Many vehicles pass by to El Hader. DCO Ezyon: Still being renovated. Beit Ummar: As usual. No special problems Road 60: We are surprised and happy to see that there is a long queue of vehicles with Palestinian license plates on their way to El Hader. Checkpoint 300 and Rachel’s Passage: During the evening there isn’t a queue of people waiting to pass to Bethlehem., But we are told that in the morning the waiting time is impossibly long. Where the old checkpoint is, there are many people waiting. Yesterday we counted 20 and last week we saw there about 50 workers who were detained for hours for interrogation purposes, because of illegal entry , and we couldn’t make contact with them or speak with them. .
Beit Ummar
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The Gush Etzion-Hebron road - which is the main axis of the southern Hebron Mountains - passes through the boundaries of the village. Many incidents of stone throwing occurred on this section of road. There is a checkpoint at the entrance to the village.
In March 2006, a 25-dunam land seizure order was issued around the settlement for the purpose of establishing a "special security area" (SHBM) and a warning fence around the nearby settlement, Carmei Tzur. In April 2019, 401 dunams of the land of the villages of Beit Omer and Halhul were expropriated for the purpose of paving a road that bypasses the house of Omer to the east. Demonstrations are held by the villagers against the seizure of land with the participation of Palestinian, Israeli and international activists.
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