Hebron
Now Hebron is Quiet
A. is on the phone, reporting that Hebron is quiet now. The Golani infantry brigade has replaced the Nahal brigade. Because of the current instructions to maintain a 2-meters distance, soldiers refrain from detaining the few passersby.
Generally, people prefer to stay indoors and follow instructions. Being used to curfew and closure, this is nothing new for them, says A. This is how people in Gaza feel all the time.
Everyone is under deep uncertainty about the economy, their precarious livelihood, and fear of death.
We promised each other to meet after the “Coronavirus war” and with the hope that by then, the Israeli occupation would be over too…
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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