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Hebron

Place: Hebron
Observers: Hagit Sar Shalom, Nina; Translator: Natanya
Jul-05-2017
| Morning

Hebron. The checkpoint which is being built at the Kapisha neighborhood is very impressive, really serious and very much like the other massive checkpoints in the area. One can still pass through to Muhammad’s store and enjoy his services and meet his clients.

It is hard to get used to the checkpoint at the entrance to Tel Rumeida where we had been used to passing freely.

What do the inhabitants do?!!!

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In Shuhada street we met our friend, Zidan,  who told us of a Palestinian who had been beaten by a settler and his face beaten up and then on top of all that he had been arrested for a while.

We  went to the high mountain near Bani Naim where is the site which is called Yaqin or “the outpost of the three kings”. This place is thought of as being holy to all three religions and looks over the Dead Sea and Sodom. It is important to visit this place because of the fear that settlers will take it  over and the local inhabitants keep their distance so as not to get into confrontations. 

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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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