South Hebron Hills
South Hebron hills and Hebron, Tuesday 4.4.06′ NoonReporting: Hagit (Hebrew), Bruria (English)10.30- 15:00 The general impression was of many military vehicles on the road.Near Samoa was a vehicle checkpoint, there was a line of cars, all the identity cards were taken by the soldiers and and returned to them after half an hour, they had to turn back and were not aloud to enter the road from this place in spite the permission they have ( which cost them a lot of money). We stayed with them and may be because of this it took only half an hour. On the way to Carame we saw a rolling checkpoint but no one was stop ed.By Beny Naim we saw a vehicle checkpoint a group of girls passed by and waved towards us.Shiuch: a military car was on the road, no one was stop ed. On the way we saw a house with an Israeli flag, no one could tell us any details, the IDF center knew about it.Al Jora humanitarian checkpoint:On the way was a taxi which was stop ed by the army all the IDs were taken and one young men was taken back to a car that was probably of the shabak, his father stayed behind and was very frightened. We followed the man and stood near by until they let him go, he got an “invitation” to the DCO for further questioning. They told us he was 3 years in prison and since then he has no peace.We stayed there until they were released.Hebron: There were no troubles at the checkpoints.We met a volunteer from Switzerland who was attacked by a yung settler she was treated at the hospital she asked us to help her and ask the police to do something abuot it. She admited that some of the voluntiers don’t behave properly, and we agreed thet we have to meet and talk about it. On the way back thre was not much going on eccept a little stone thrwen towards us by a little boy.
Hebron
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According to Wye Plantation Accords (1997), Hebron is divided in two: H1 is under Palestinian Authority control, H2 is under Israeli control. In Hebron there are 170,000 Palestinian citizens, 60,000 of them in H2. Between the two areas are permanent checkpoints, manned at all hours, preventing Palestinian movement between them and controlling passage of permit holders such as teachers and schoolchildren. Some 800 Jews live in Avraham Avinu Quarter and Tel Rumeida, on Givat HaAvot and in the wholesale market.
Checkpoints observed in H2:
- Bet Hameriva CP- manned with a pillbox
- Kapisha quarter CP (the northern side of Zion axis) - manned with a pillbox
- The 160 turn CP (the southern side of Zion axis) - manned with a pillbox
- Avraham Avinu quarter - watch station
- The pharmacy CP - checking inside a caravan with a magnometer
- Tarpat (1929) CP - checking inside a caravan with a magnometer
- Tel Rumeida CP - guarding station
- Beit Hadassah CP - guarding station
Three checkpoints around the Tomb of the Patriarchs
Raya YeorDec-18-2025Hebron - Yusri Jaber and part of his family
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South Hebron Hills
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South Hebron Hills
South Hebron Hills is a large area in the West Bank's southern part.
Yatta is a major city in this area: right in the border zone between the fertile region of Hebron and its surroundings and the desert of the Hebron Hills. Yatta has about 64,000 inhabitants.
The surrounding villages are called Masafer Yatta (Yatta's daughter villages). Their inhabitants subsist on livestock and agriculture. Agriculture is possible only in small plots, especially near streams. Most of the area consists of rocky terraces.Since the beginning of the 1980s, many settlements have been established on the agricultural land cultivated by the Palestinians in the South Hebron Hills region: Carmel, Maon, Susia, Masadot Yehuda, Othniel, and more. Since the settlements were established and Palestinians cultivation areas have been reduced; the residents of the South Hebron Hills have been suffering from harassment by the settlers. Attempts to evict and demolish houses have continued, along with withholding water and electricity. The military and police usually refrain from intervening in violent incidents between settlers and Palestinians do not enforce the law when it comes to the investigation of extensive violent Jewish settlers. The harassment in the South Hebron Hills includes attacking and attempting to burn residential tents, harassing dogs, harming herds, and preventing access to pastures.
There are several checkpoints in the South Hebron Hills, on Routes 317 and 60. In most of them, no military presence is apparent, but rather an array of pillboxes monitor the villages. Roadblocks are frequently set up according to the settlers and the army's needs. These are located at the Zif Junction, the Dura-al Fawwar crossing, and the Sheep Junction at the southern entrance to Hebron.
Updated April 2022
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