Hakvasim (sheep) Junction, Hebron, South Hebron Hills
At the entrance to Dahariya the army is delaying vehicles.
Also at the Sheep Crossing at the side of the entrance to Hebron the army is checking those entering.
At the entrance to Hebron at the Zion Axis, next to the entrance gate to Kiryat Arba, another army jeep.
At the Route of the Worshippers at the area, which is called Lavender, next to the school of Mutanawi, the army is again guarding.
Next to the Gross circle, 3 Border Policemem including a woman soldier.
At Tel Rumeida, where the shooting of Lior Azariya took place, soldiers are describing the event.
At the checkpoint of the Cave of the Patriarchs, women soldiers on guard.
At Abed’s shop someone tells us that at the turning of 160 and at the Pharmacy checkpoint, an hour before we arrived children were throwing stones. The army closed the checkpoints and threw gas cannisters.
Now at 10.00 they have opened them again.
The same man told us that he himself was returning from a long hospitalization at the Hadassah Hospital for tests. Now he has to continue with a follow-up or treatment, but he cannot get a permit as he is an employee of the Palestinian police
He says that at the time he had asked for the intervention of Yesh Din and Hanna Barag helped him and he was hospitalized for a long period.
But now again he cannot get a permit. I gave him the telephone of Yael Shalem. Maybe she can help him in some way or tell him who to turn to
When we returned, at the entranceof Bani Naim the army had put up a barricade and isdelaying cars.
Hakvasim (sheep) Junction
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One of the roadblocks (earthworks, rocks, concrete blocks or iron gates) that prevent transit of vehicles to Route 60 in the southern West Bank and block the southern entrance to Hebron. A manned pillbox supervises the place.
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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
Lea ShakdielMay-27-2025Hebron, settlers vandalized the sign of the girls' school
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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
Michal TsadikJul-25-2025The interior of the burnt house
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