Hebron: Routine is the whip of the occupation
Hebron
July 18, 2021
It’s very hot.
At Meitar checkpoint we see lots of cars. With Eid Al Adha coming up (holiday of sacrifice), many Palestinians were issued permits to enter Israel for family visits and the like. The opening in the Separation Fence, too, shows heavy traffic.
Takeover of Palestinian lands continues – the sheep ranch method is working. This time it’s ‘Havat Yehuda’. A week ago, Thursday, there was still nothing around. Today there is already a water pipe, a paved road and tree saplings planted along it, as well as a caravan. We did not actually see the flock. The ranch is located right across from the gate of the older settler-colony Sham’a. As soon as we got there, the camera wars were waged… The family living there is in fact related to Noam Arnon from the Jewish settler-colony inside Hebron (its younger generation).
Passage to Qilqis was nearly open. The work on the road are being completed and a roundabout has been built. People from Qilqis will now be able to reach Hebron. Since 2001 the entrance to that village had been blocked. Today it still was, and only the donkey came through, but one can be optimistic…
In Hebron, the Golani infantry brigade replaced Giv’ati. The army works are being held in the area separating Kiryat Arba settler-colony and Hebron. The pillbox post has been taken down and an army base and new pillbox are being erected.
Many skull-cap wearers have come to the Cave of the Fathers, for today is a Jewish special date. But nothing out of the ordinary happened this week…
We broke the fast at the Tel Rumeida grocery.
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
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