Hebron
Qalandiya sun. 14.11.04 pm Phyllis, TamarAt first site, the Ar-Ram checkpoint seemed deserted, but when looking again we noticed two detainees sitting on the ground. B., the comader of the checkpoint, tried to prevent us from coming closer, but it took less then a moment till he was willing pleasantly to answer all of our questions. He explaind in a very elaborated manner about the form the detainees had to sign and even gave us a copy. Qalandiya- Due to the holiday there were hundreds of people passing, dressed elegantly, and an unprecedented number of soldiers at the checkpoint. The carousels in the way south were taken down, as well as the first carousels from the way north, and so were the carousels in the “humanitarian” line. These “relieves” were made because of Arafat’s funeral, but no one knows whether things will go back to the way they were. When we arrived there were 7 detainees and the soldiers took their time dealing with them, the large amount of soldiers didn’t hurry things up, but only caused a cretin “friendly-macho” atmosphere between the soldiers. Only Emil from the DCO managed to take notice of problems, listen to the Palestinians and us and tried to help. For instance there was a young couple who lives in Rammala, the woman has a blue I.D, the man is a Hebron resident, they were on their way to visit his parents in Hebron. The soldiers let the woman pass, but the man wasn’t allowed, after several minutes Emil let them pass in a respectful manner. There was a touching moment when a man who was passing south stopped near Emil and praised us, he asked Emil to take care of us.
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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