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Hebron - Eid al-Fitr eve

Place: Hebron
Tags: Ramadan
Observers: Hagit (with Mohammad) – report and photos
May-01-2022
| Morning

Hagit Bak with Mohammad (report and photos)

It’s the eve of Id Al Fitr (the holiday that terminates the Ramadan month fast), and there’s tension in the air. Palestinian we met at Meitar Checkpoint returned home for the holiday knowing that they will lose several days of work this month because of the closure imposed by Israel. The Israeli army is now fastidiously guarding the former breaches in the Separation Barrier and has added barbed wire and another fence, and placed its soldiers wherever the breaches were opened.

The unemployment and lack of livelihood will surely lead to more violence. We must begin to talk.

In Hebron we meet Zaidan Sharabati who says that in general this Ramadan month passed relatively well with the colonists. He is irked by the flyover of the Israeli air force over Kiryat Arba colony planned for Independence Day.

“…And for the glory of the State of Israel” (words uttered for generations by one and all here) – I cannot, will not identify with these words until we see an end to Israeli occupation.

 

 

Another soldiers' post near the pharmacy checkpoint
Another soldiers' post near the pharmacy checkpoint
The pharmacy checkpoint
The pharmacy checkpoint
Invitation
Invitation
Beit HaMeriva ("House of Contention")
Beit HaMeriva ("House of Contention")

 

 

  • 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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