Hebron
All is quiet along Highways 60 and 317; no military vehicles, no flying checkpoints anywhere.
Hebron
Naha”l soldiers have relieved Giv’ati units.
Those youngsters haven’t heard of us and know nothing about our activities here, so the soldiers guarding the beginning of Shuhada Street stop us, suspicious of our driver. We weren’t able to convince them this has been our regular route for more than ten years, and that this Israeli citizen, despite being a Moslem, is allowed to drive with us on this road. Again conversations over the walkie-talkie, until finally the order is given: the driver may not enter Shuhada Street. He must park and wait in the parking lot at the Cave of the Patriarchs; we may walk on the road.
We asked to speak to the commander but weren’t able to. We protested to the soldiers and decided not to go without M. The truth is we’re apprehensive about walking near Beit Hadassah because Anat Cohen and others can, as you know, be very aggressive.
It’s quiet at the Cave of the Patriarchs. A., from the souvenir shop, says that DCO personnel told him they’re planning to open four shops down the street that had been shut. He and others asked for the road also to be opened for their cars. The army avoided giving a clear answer. He and others trying to make a living there from their shops smile disbelievingly for the umpteenth time: “Nothing will happen, it’s just words, words, words, like always.”
At the Pharmacy checkpoint we ran into an acquaintance active in B’Tselem. We asked about what happened a few days ago in Tel Rumeida. He said children threw rocks (settlers’ children); the adults went into the Shaharbati family’s house and caused an uproar. The army came and wanted to arrest the Palestinian children. We didn’t understand how it ended. Apparently things calmed down with difficulty, until next time. But the man said that since the soldier was killed at Curve 160 the army has been behaving much more harshly.
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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