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Hebron: Palestinian children need to see a different Israeli

Place: Hebron
Tags: Updates during Corona
Observers: Hagit Back (report and photos), translation Tal H.
May-10-2021
| Morning

Hebron

Hebron, end of Ramadan month – war in the air

I went to this vigil heavy-hearted. It’s the last days of Ramadan, Jerusalem is in flames. War is in the air and on the news they’re saying they sent another four battalions to the ‘Judea and Samaria”. It’s not just semantics when I write “the West Bank” and they say “Judea and Samaria”. 54 years of occupation and the generation that knew no other rule has been taking over the collective mind, and despair reigns.

My life partner Sh. begs me to be careful, and I insist on going. It’s so important that Palestinian children see another kind of Israeli. Go figure what triggers terrorism… Occupation certainly does not prevent it.

So what happened during the vigil:

First story – A. joins our car at Beit ‘Anoun and we return him home. He says that the settler-colonist who doesn’t give up trying to build a house on A.’s privately owned land was hanging around there at night 3 days ago and frightened them. They are afraid he’ll burn their home down. A. called the police who told him there’s nothing to do about it, anyone can take a walk anywhere they wish.

Second story: Due to the Covid-19 pandemic we no longer meet the CPT (Christian Peacemaking Team) members walking around the streets of Hebron. Today, to our great surprise, we saw their red caps again. We stopped to chat, apparently these are fellows from Hebron who took it upon themselves to continue the organization’s monitoring and they do it every day. A young man and woman who heard about us a lot. We exchanged phone numbers and decided to meet regularly once every 2 weeks, on my vigil day.

Third story: the entrance to Kligilis village on road 60 has been closed ever since we began our vigils. Today it was open! We entered the village and reached the Sheep Junction through it.

Next time there will probably be signs warning Israelis not to enter Area A…

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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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