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Hebron

Place: Hebron
Observers: Hagit (watching, reporting and photographing); Translator: Natanya
Aug-18-2019
| Morning
Beginning work on the winery
Beginning work on the winery
Photo: Hagit Back

Bring us wine wine at the expense of the Palestinians

In one of the alleys of the Kiryat Arba industrial zone the Ramat Hebron winery is located, with a large area on its front.  It is summer now, just before the harvest season and the silence which  prevailed there is surprising , but don’t worry, it’s just the silence before the storm. The whole system is now heating engines and preparing for the vintage, which is already at its doorstep. Dozens of large, empty, clean and even shiny stainless steel containers are there, as if new, stand ready for the grapes and the fermentation.

The winery’s current location is temporary and there is already a new place in Kiryat Arba, where Michelle is planning to relocate.

 The winery is to  expand. A modern visitor’s center will be set up at the winery complex, which will include a restaurant and shop where the wineries will produce and sell the wines.

So today we saw the preparations for the building of the winey on Palestinian lands of Porcelain Hill.

We met those there who had already given up land. They have no power to fight anymore.

Picture: Getting started.

Stealing human rights is a daily occurence in the occupation.

  • 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

      Three checkpoints around the Tomb of the Patriarchs

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