Beit ‘Inun, Beit Ummar, Bethlehem, Nabi Yunis, Mon 30.8.10, Morning
07:00 am, Bethlehem – Checkpoint 300: three positions open. A fourth has just opened. Long lines (about 30 people) at each position. The Palestinians say many are still waiting outside, that crossing is very slow and many have been waiting since early in the morning. I phoned the humanitarian office. People had said that the entry gate to the crossing is closed and opened intermittently. There's great anger: "This isn't a crossing, it's a barrier." They think it's the worst checkpoint on the West Bank.
07:30 am, Husan: a taxi driver said to us that Israeli workers told them they have to pave the entry road to Husan and the one going down to El Hadr – it's a dirt road below Route 60.
08:00 am, Beit Ummar: no activity.
09:00 am, Nabi Yunis: paperwork.
Beit 'Inun: we continued to Beit 'Inun. Access to the village on the east side of Route 50 has been opened; access on the west side of the road has been completely blocked with large concrete blocks, right at the turn from Route 60.
Grapes are ripening in the vineyards, the sea squills are blossoming and the Occupation continues.
Beit 'ُEinun
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The village is located on the northern outskirts of Hebron, east of Road 60 which leads to Gush Etzion and Bethlehem. Sometimes the army blocks with concrete blocks or an arm checkpoint the entrances and exits from road 60 and also the crossing to the nearby Shuyux . There were attacks on settlers from this village.
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Beit Ummar
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Beit Ummar
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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Bethlehem (300)
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Located adjacent to the Separation Wall ("Jerusalem Wrap") at the north entrance to Bethlehem, this checkpoint cuts off Bethlehem and the entire West Bank from East Jerusalem, with all the serious implications for health services, trade, education, work and the fabric of life. The checkpoint is manned by the Border police and private security companies. It is an extensive infrastructure barrier and is designated as a border terminal, open 24 hours a day for foreign tourists. Israeli passport holders are not allowed to pass to Bethlehem, and Palestinian residents are not allowed to enter Jerusalem, except those with entry permits to Israel and East Jerusalem residents. Israeli buses are allowed to travel to Bethlehem only through this checkpoint.The checkpoint, which demonstrated harsh conditions of crowding and extreme passage delays for years, started employing advanced electronic identification posts and has upgraded its gates' system as of the middle of 2019 - and conditions improved.Adjacent to the checkpoint, in an enclosure between high walls and another passage, is the historic Rachel's Tomb, which is now embedded within a concrete fortified building. It contains prayer and study complexes for Jews only, as well as a residential complex. updated November 2019 .
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Nabi Yunis
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Nabi YunisA meeting place at the junction of Route 60 and the road leading to the eastern entrance to Hebron.
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