CP 300, Biet Omar, El Khadr
Bethlehem and surroundings, Tuesday, 7.26.2005, MorningObservers: Tamar A. Lital H. Nurit N. Nama C. (reporting) In general: mainly visits and talks, little routine work. Checkpoint 300: Almost no traffic, all seems quiet. The soldiers treat us coolly and with disrespect and do not let us stand in the pedestrian pass near the soldier’s post. Suddenly we hear screaming in an Arabic accent and knocking on tin. We try to get closer to see what happened but the commander does not let us approach. I get closer anyway (to see where the screams came from) but he threatens to detain me and indeed takes my I.D. Eventually, his superior comes and calms him down and my I.D. is returned. (It must be noted that we did not confront or provoke the soldiers). We think that the screaming scene, which came from outside and not from a room, was some kind of prank the soldiers played on the “righteous” “watch” girls. To each his own.Beit Omar: We went to visit Yusuf, a man that Machsom Watch helps with several problems. Another man comes to his house and tells that he has been trying to get a trade permit from Hebron DCO for several months without success. Does anyone know if something can be done in these cases or are we helpless confronting the quota? Al-Hader: We met a Palestinian woman that lives and studies in Italy and writes about the occupation, especially about the CPs. She interviewed us about M.Watch and told us about interviews that she held with Palestinians. Among other things, she told us that many Palestinians have a positive view of or activities, but that there are those who claim that we are used to conceal the ramifications of the occupation, and to cover-up the violation of the Palestinian’s human rights. We did not get to Etzion DCO nor to Wallaje, although we heard there is a CP at the entrance to Wallaje.
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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