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Hebron - It can happen to any Hebron inhabitant any moment and all the time

Place: Hebron
Observers: Hagit Back (reporting and photographing); Natanya Ginsburg (translating)
Feb-13-2019
| Morning

It can happen to any Hebron inhabitant every moment and all the time.

The following is a list of the checkpoints that are located in Area H2 or are separated between Area H1 and H2.

Kapisha neighborhood 2 checkpoints, Givat Haharsina, Givat Ha’avot, Beit Ha-Meriva, Curve 160, Pharmacy, Tel Rumeida, Chabad Cemetery, Archaeological Park, Tarpat Checkpoint, Jilber Checkpoint, Rachel and Leah House, Avraham Avinu Neighborhood, Beit Hadassah, Wholesale Market, The entrance barrier to the Tomb of the Patriarchs, the parking lot, the checkpoint opposite the al-Fahaya school, the checkpoint at the entrance to the Cave of the Patriarchs, and three more roadblocks from the Casbah to the Tomb of the Patriarchs.

In addition to the checkpoints, there are a lot of roadblocks that we have not counted and Palestinians are not permitted to be in their cars in H2.

At any given moment a Palestinian can be detained in his daily life and he is perceived as an enemy in advance.

Just imagine your life like this.

And that’s what we saw today near the entrance to the house of Rachel and Leah. Another checkpoint was set up there.

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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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