Hebron, South Hebron Hills
On road 60 mobile checkpoints at the entrance to Samu’a and Dahariya.
In Hebron, an “exceptional” Muslim day commemorates the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad.
An “exceptional” day means that the Cave of the Patriarchs is open to worshipers from one religion only.
The division of such days is decided on between the Muslim Waqf and the members of the Civil Administration of the army.
The official birthday took place yesterday and the Palestinian Authority officially marked it in East Jerusalem. That is why they commemorate this day in Hebron today.
Border Police soldiers are in every corner, reinforced by combat engineering soldiers, and settlers and Israeli vehicles are not allowed to park in the parking lots of the Tomb of the Patriarchs. The only exception was the car of the workers who are renovating the lower floor of Rachel and Leah’s house.
We came relatively early and there are no people on the street, we only saw the preparations. At ‘Abed’s shop we are told that he would only come two hours later. We did not have to wait.
The cemetery next to the disputed house is being renovated and the stairs to the Zion Route have been renovated.
This is what we saw at the junction of the Worshipers’ Route. The people of Israel live and the donkey cart with the Palestinian owner was broken. There is nothing more symbolic than that.
The army controls the life of the Palestinians with cameras and positions from the house above the junction of the Worshipers’ Route. “Big Brother” watches from above.
Today the post is not manned.
And in the picture below: Fences prepared for expected Muslim worshipers.
We left Hebron and went to Dura to bring used clothes for sale at a second-hand shop.
On our way we saw a military escort for a settler who was going to Negohot. Really personal protection.
There is nothing new under the sun.
And all I ask is how much that is costing us…this settler being escorted by the army.
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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