Hebron, South Hebron Hills
We decided to leave early and drive straight to Hebron in order to bring some electrical items to people building the first [!] kindergarten in Tel Rumeida. We arranged to meet at 7, before people went to work.
The kindergarten is unique in being a joint initiative of various people from Hebron, for the benefit of that neighborhood. A. organized and coordinated all the participants and outside supporters; S. donated a building belonging to his family. There are kindergarten teachers and many children.
When we went through the Sansana checkpoint at 6 AM we saw the army and police arresting people illegally in Israel. As it is every Sunday the place is filled with laborers, employers and trucks loaded with sand.
We saw an expanded military presence at the junctions along the way: on the roadside near Samu’a, at the entrance to Dura, at the entrance to the road to Kvasim junction, a few meters farther on next to the water reservoir, at the entrance to Bani Na’im and also on the way back at the pillbox at Zif junction, as well as vehicles travelling along the road.
Hebron hasn’t yet awakened – it’s still a ghost town, other than the children on their way to school and TIPH cars.
We quickly gave S. our packages and started back.
Near the exit from Kiryat Arba we saw an access road had been paved to the Ariel winery. Later we saw on Highway 60 that the dirt road to Ata Jabari’s house and fields had been blocked. There’s a new wooden shack on Giv’at Gal.
On our way back we couldn’t ignore the new construction in all the settlements, some still underway and some completed.
The Tel Rumeida kindergarten needs toys and games. Can you donate them?
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
Raya YeorDec-18-2025Hebron - Yusri Jaber and part of his family
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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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