Hebron, South Hebron Hills
The day was very hot and there were hardly any cars on the road. All the rolling checkpoints which we had seen in Ramadan have disappeared as if they never were.
Here and there along road 60 we saw the shelters of the soldiers.
In the picture below is the new pillbox at Abda and the barricades behind it.
A yellow gate has been added which does not give, God forbid, the possibility of going through if “big brother” is not guarding there.
In the next picture we see how the building of the new checkpoint which is under the neighborhood of Givat Ha’avot and at the entrance of the Kapisha neighborhood is progressing.
This is the checkpoint which will be built also as a passage for cars. Very probably only for army vehicles because of the base of the headquarters of the Border guard in Hebron.
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In the picture: The checkpoint which is being built next to the area of Habad in the neighborhood of Tel Rumeida.
In the next picture is the checkpoint which is being built at the other side of the cemetery. The assumption is that these two checkpoints will be part of the planning of the archaeological garden which the Jewish Settlement is planning . And these will also be checkpoints for cars and tractors which will be used to make a road. There will also be a path for pedestrians from the spring to Tel Rumeida to the top.
Nabi Yaqin
On the hill stands out, 946 metre above the sea and near the settlement of Ma’aleh Hever, Maqam – Nebi Yaqin. According to the Moslem tradition this is the place where Abraham and Lot looked at the destruction of Sodom. The Moslems identify in the rocky area at the place the footsteps of Abraham and Lot. From there we have a wide view to the south and to the south of the Hebron hills and to the settlements and east to the of the Judean Desert. Near Nabi Yakin is Khirbet Bani Dar which is identified with Ha-kin – a city mentioned in the list of the cities of Judea in the Book of Joshua Chapter 15.
In the pictures are the traces of Abraham’s shoes according to Islamic tradition and the building next to it. There is also another building and a burial cave.
There were no people and we returned home. The heat affects everyone.
לא היו עוד אנשים וחזרנו הביתה.
החום הגדול מפיל את כולם.
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
Leah ShakdielApr-8-2025Hebron: A sign advertising a tempting real estate
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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
A Palestinian residentMay-12-2025A sheep carcass dumped by settler Shimon Atiya from the Shorashim farm near the school in Umm Qusa.
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