Dura-Al Fawwar Junction, Hebron, South Hebron Hills
On the way to Hebron we see that the barrier at Dura El Fawwar has been removed. The traffic flows.
Hebron. A quick look at the House of Contention which is as always being guarded by some bored soldiers. In the street below garages and shops which have to move from the Kapisha neighborhood are being to organize themselves. This is because of the checkpoint which is being built in the road which leads to the area.
At ‘Abed’s sit a group of Jewish tourists and Yehuda of Breaking the Silence is explaining the situation to them.
Tel Rumeida. The Parachutist division mans the post and there are two captains with them (one of them is a sergeant). We do not remember this from the past. It seems that since the episode of the shooting soldier things have changes. We are not allowed to continue our shift to the top of the hill. Under the checkpoint is the home of Imad Abu Shamsiye, (the photographer from Btselem who videoed the scene.
It seems that the army is being careful because of riots and only after a clarification with the captain are we allowed to visit him in his home on condition that we do not go on to the roof. This is the roof on which the settlers used to throw stones. Today it is guarded with a large net. We found no one at home.
Continuing we saw the beginning of the checkpoint which is being built in the Kapisha neighborhood. In the meantime we can buy labane and salty goats cheese.
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
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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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