Hebron, South Hebron Hills
1. Work is underway between Mitzpe Abigail and A-Tuwani, east of the road. M. Explains that a new water line is being built for all the settlements, the Palestinian localities are not connected to it.
2. Kiryat Arba, northern entrance. At the junction above were Bnei Menashe caravans which have been removed . Barbed wire can still be seen. Presumably the Bnei Menashe are now situated permanently in the Kirya, and the caravans are being driven to pirate settlement operations of some settlement.
3. Hebron.
The House of Peace, formerly the House of Contention, is undergoing serious renovations.
On King David Street, the Shuhada street, the Bnei Akiva Hebron branch is preparing for this year’s organization Shabbat, probably this coming Shabbat according to the signs hung.
At Tel Rumeida, at the intersection where the memorial stone for a soldier who was accidentally killed by his comrades was placed, the Palestinian Authority is carrying out renovations, apparently to the electricity grid.
We are surprised to see Abed’s store open. He says he recently closed because there are no tourists, but he was tired of sitting at home so opened. Among other things, he sells books by an organization from Beit Sakhur called ATG – Alternative Tourism Group. I bought the English tourist guide. Abed also has books in German, Italian, and Russian. This book seems to me important.
Then we see that further down the sidewalk the settlers opened “cheap”, tables with food and drink and around them religious Jews of all kinds stand . This is how on the Palestinian sidewalk, a closed Palestinian store is blocked. I went to Abed’s neighbor closer to the “cheap” one. A Border Police soldier approached me to find out where I was from. I said, from Yeruham, and he answered, Jewish, okay. The store owner said the “cheap” opened about two weeks ago. I suggested that we file a complaint with the Hebron police about this trespassing. M. Says that only the owner of the blocked store can file such a complaint, and of course he will not do so for fear of revenge by the settlers. Thus another piece of land was conquered, and it has been decreed forever and ever that the above shop would not open again. The man offered me soup, and then noticed that I probably belonged to the other side because I joined M. for coffee at Abed.
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
Leah ShakdielApr-29-2026South Hebron Hills. The turn to 'Afeka', one of the new outposts facing Abda
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