Hebron, South Hebron Hills
This is what we saw:
- At the Metar CP a young colonist (20 years old) with a girl of 10 looking for a hitch to the Regional Council of South Mount Hebron in a place caller Metarim. We took them. Their carelessness unnerved us very much. It seems that the driver of the children's bus from Susia was not ready to stop for them there. And after that they cry about kidnapings … (not that it is legitimate to kidnap people …)
- The illegal colony Assael is now double in size and there are preparations for still more caravans. Illegal construction of theirs is not taken down. The inspector who came to destroy the Bedouin's illegal houses is from there. Taking control of lands is allowed only to one side of the conflict (the Jewish side).
- On the lands at the side of the road they are finishing the olive-picking. They are ploughing and planting – ploughing with an ass – planting seeds by hand, and they are planting vegetables.
- The junction of Shuyukh-Hebron was opened for a Palestinian vehicle – for the time being this is without a pillbox. At the entrance to Kiryat Arba – there are three big military vehicles. We didn't observe any activity.
- Many many children are playing in the streets of Hebron.
- A military command car turns from the Zion axis to the road of the prayers.
- Two detainees are freed quickly at the drug store CP.
- Police Cars of TIPH police are driving around the streets of H2.
- The balloon is floating above Bet Hagai.
- At the Dura – el-Pawwar junction the soldiers got out of the pillbox and set up a mobile CP in the direction of Dura. A queue of cars is waiting but they haven't detained anyone.
- Police cars in the area of Metar are trying 'to catch' illegals who are on their way back from their day's work.
That is it. The occupation goes on as usual and no special tension could be seen.
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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South Hebron Hills
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South Hebron Hills
South Hebron Hills is a large area in the West Bank's southern part.
Yatta is a major city in this area: right in the border zone between the fertile region of Hebron and its surroundings and the desert of the Hebron Hills. Yatta has about 64,000 inhabitants.
The surrounding villages are called Masafer Yatta (Yatta's daughter villages). Their inhabitants subsist on livestock and agriculture. Agriculture is possible only in small plots, especially near streams. Most of the area consists of rocky terraces.Since the beginning of the 1980s, many settlements have been established on the agricultural land cultivated by the Palestinians in the South Hebron Hills region: Carmel, Maon, Susia, Masadot Yehuda, Othniel, and more. Since the settlements were established and Palestinians cultivation areas have been reduced; the residents of the South Hebron Hills have been suffering from harassment by the settlers. Attempts to evict and demolish houses have continued, along with withholding water and electricity. The military and police usually refrain from intervening in violent incidents between settlers and Palestinians do not enforce the law when it comes to the investigation of extensive violent Jewish settlers. The harassment in the South Hebron Hills includes attacking and attempting to burn residential tents, harassing dogs, harming herds, and preventing access to pastures.
There are several checkpoints in the South Hebron Hills, on Routes 317 and 60. In most of them, no military presence is apparent, but rather an array of pillboxes monitor the villages. Roadblocks are frequently set up according to the settlers and the army's needs. These are located at the Zif Junction, the Dura-al Fawwar crossing, and the Sheep Junction at the southern entrance to Hebron.
Updated April 2022
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