Dura-Al Fawwar Junction, Sansana (Meitar Crossing), South Hebron Hills
Driving along Route 358, we easily passed through the Negohot checkpoint where soldiers greeted us.
After about a kilometer, we saw a military van on the right and next to it a number of soldiers. We stopped in front of the garage near the intersection.
In the pillbox of Beit Awa, 3 armed soldiers stop every vehicle leaving the village, interrogate and photograph the license number.
We got out of the car to take pictures and met a young man who was waiting for a ride. We talked to him about the daily routine in the area. Also in the village where he lives, Atos, the same routine check at the entrance. If you go by car, sometimes it takes two hours and there are cases where people are sent back to the village
From there we drove to the Jadallah family in the village of Fukikis. He said that in front of their house there is the farm belonging to Hagai who often harasses them. Hagai brings his herd right under their house several times a week.
There is a family cistern near their house, and settlers came on Shabbat, cursing and shouting, and bathed in the well water. They called police who removed the settlers. Since then they have not come again.
Recently, a fence was erected, a continuation of the fence around the settlement of Negohot, right in front of the family home.
We continued to Khursa. Pupils returned home after only an hour due to a teachers’ strike. The strike is not only at their school.
We continued to Al Fawwar where the shops and businesses were closed. Few people were outside.
At the entrance to Dura there were 3 soldiers. There are two posts; one consisting of 2 blocks and a shed and in front of them another soldier also in an improvised post.
About half a kilometer away, in front of the spring, there were two more posts, each with a soldier. Further on, a Border Police vehicle stops Palestinian vehicles – situation which we often see.
Dura Al-Fawwar Junction
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Junction on Route 60: west - the town of El Dura, east - the Al Fawwar refugee camp. There is a manned pillbox at the junction. From time to time the army sets up flying checkpoints at the entrance to El Fawwar and Al Dura. Al-Fawwar is a large refugee camp (7,000 inhabitants in 2007) established in 1949 to accommodate Palestinian refugees from Be'er Sheva and Beit Jubrin and environs. There are many incidents of stone-throwing. In the vicinity of the pillbox there are excellent agricultural areas, Farmers set up stalls adjacent to the plots close to the road. In recent months the civil administration has set up dirt embankments thereby blocking access to the stalls, and making it impossible for the farmers to sell their vegetables. Updated April 2021, Michal T.
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Meitar checkpoint / Sansana
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Meitar Checkpoint / Sansana The checkpoint is located on the Green Line and serves as a border crossing between Israel and the West Bank. It is managed by the Border Crossing Authority of the Defense Ministry. It is comprised of sections for the transfer of goods as well as a vehicle checkpoint (intended for holders of blue identity cards, foreign nationals or diplomats and international organizations). Passing of Palestinians is prohibited, except for those with entry permits to Israel. Palestinians are permitted to cross on foot only. The crossing has a DCO / DCL / DCL / DCL (District Coordination Office), a customs unit, supervision, and a police unit. In the last year, a breach has been opened in the fence, not far from the crossing. This breach is known to all, including the army. There does not appear to be any interest in blocking it, probably as it permits needed Palestinian workers without the bureaucratic permits to get to work in Israel. Food stalls and a parking area economy have been created, but incidents of violent abuse by border police have also been recorded. Updated April 2022
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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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