Hebron
Light traffic between Tarqumiyya and Hebron.
Hebron
Two Palestinians have been detained for inspection at the checkpoint in Hebron near Abed’s shop. One of them doesn’t have an ID. He waits patiently and is released a few minutes later. The Border Police soldier at the checkpoint behaves politely and respectfully.
The excavation at Tel Rumeida proceeds apace; a Torah lesson for women is underway on the adjoining plot of ground while Israel Defence Force soldiers insure it’s kosher.
The land on which the excavation and the Torah lesson is being conducted belongs to the principal of the Cordova school for girls. Her home has been turned into a construction site and is inaccessible.
A crew from Palestinian TV in Ramallah has come to do a story and film what’s happening around the house.
Very sad.
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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