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Etzion DCL, Halhul, Hebron, Sa'ir, Tarqumiya

Place: Etzion DCO Halhul-Hebron Bridge Hebron Sa'ir Tarqumiya CP
Sep-14-2022
| Morning

Tarkumiya barrier:

Looks like an endless car lot accompanied by plastic bags of all colors scattered on both sides of the barrier. Both on the Israeli side and further on.

We were told that the Palestinians make an appointment by phone to enter the DCO and receive a magnetic card to pass to Israel. The telephone appointment reduces the load at the checkpoint and the people come on the date and day set for them, so that the administration of the DCO seems reasonable. 

Hebron-Halhul Junction: A military jeep stands and watches.

Seir-Halhul Crossroads: A military jeep is heading towards Seir.

There is also a military jeep at the entrance to Beit Ummar.

At the next intersection down the road – in front of the entrance to Al-Arub:

The owner of the grocery store, located opposite the intersection, reports that the gas that the soldiers throw every few days near his store leaves him locked in his house for three days, unable to go out and breathe fresh air. 

Etzion DCO : every few days there is a long line, because the place is used by a very large population. Today there is no pressure because only a few Palestinians showed up. 

 

  • Etzion DCO

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    •   serves residents of Bethlehem and surrounding villages who need magnetic cards, work permits for Israel, permits for one-time entry for religious or health reasons, various police permits, etc.

  • Halhul-Hebron Bridge

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    •   Generally allows free flowing traffic, except for sudden checks by soldiers stationed permanently in the pillbox, on Route 35 in the southern West Bank.

  • 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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  • Sa'ir

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    • A relatively affluent suburb of Palestinian Hebron. West of Highway 60 leading from Bethlehem to Hebron. The entrance to Highway 60 and to Shuyukh and Beit Einun to the east is open, but is subject to changes - concrete blocks denying passage are stationed according to the needs of the army.

       

  • Tarqumiya CP

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    • The Tarqumiya Checkpoint is one of the largest and busiest checkpoints where people and goods cross into Israel. It is located on the Separation Barrier close to the Green Line, on Road 35 (connecting Beer Sheva and Hebron). It is run by the Israel Defense Ministry’s Crossings Administration with civilian secuirty companies running the day to day operations. The checkpoint  is indeed open to vehicles in both directions 24/7, but Palestinians are prevented from crossing in vehicles, except in  special cases. MachsomWatch activists visit the checkpoint as it opens at 3:45 am, in order to observe the daily  passage of nearly 10,000 Palestinian workers.  The workers arrive from throughout the Southern West Bank.  Our activists report on the tremendous overcrowding at this checkpoint; they have observed young men climbing and scrambling on the fences and roofs of the ‘access cages’.  This is how the work day begins for those who ‘build the land of Israel’. updated November 2019
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