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Around Hebron: The army is afraid of the corona, we are not

Place: Hebron
Tags: Updates during Corona
Observers: Hagit Back, translated by Shuli Bar
Jul-13-2020
| Morning
Construction of another new neighborhood in the Shemaiah settlement. What you do not see in the picture is that the workers who are building the neighborhood are Palestinians
Construction of another new neighborhood in the Shemaiah settlement. What you do not see in the picture is that the workers who are building the neighborhood are Palestinians
Photo: Hagit Back
Works on the side of Road 317 to lay a water pipe for Jews only
Works on the side of Road 317 to lay a water pipe for Jews only
Photo: Hagit Back

The second wave of the corona is felt in the air. Only few cars in the parking lot of the Meitar checkpoint. On the Israeli side, cars are waiting for workers who do not arrive. Only traders and agricultural workers have a daily transit license. The rest of the workers can only return home for the weekends. This does not stop the police car that distributes unlimited traffic reports there. 
We drove through Route 317 and met at the Ziff Junction with the grocery store owner. They are not afraid of the corona and say the army is afraid, which is what makes their lives easier. 
The Palestinian Authority has lowered the blockades to the villages and everyone is worried about the lack of sufficient livelihoods. 
We met the residents of the village of Nazlin from afar. Everything is fine, they tell me ….

 

  • 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:

       

      1. Bet Hameriva CP- manned with a pillbox
      2. Kapisha quarter CP (the northern side of Zion axis) - manned with a pillbox
      3. The 160 turn CP (the southern side of Zion axis) - manned with a pillbox
      4. Avraham Avinu quarter - watch station
      5. The pharmacy CP - checking inside a caravan with a magnometer
      6. Tarpat (1929) CP - checking inside a caravan with a magnometer
      7. Tel Rumeida CP - guarding station
      8. Beit Hadassah CP - guarding station

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