Hebron, South Hebron Hills
Khursa
We ran into some kind of event. Soldiers walking around in the middle of the day.
After clarifying with the local people, it turns out that the sewage from the pillbox is directed to the street and flows unimpeded. The residents called the soldiers for this purpose. Even local television perpetuates this disgust.
Hebron
Givati soldiers are now in every corner.
Near the Cave of the Patriarchs, many ultra-Orthodox travel in groups. Extensive renovation works near Beit Rachel and Beit Leah, properties which has been purchased and it is planned to connect to the Cave of the Patriarchs complex.
People say that 4 people who live near the pharmacy checkpoint were arrested tonight. We also heard from the souvenir shop owner about last night’s event. From the narrator’s point of view: Soldiers arrested a Palestinian known to be problematic, and the settlers joined in.
But to the joy of the spectators, the Border Guard soldiers intervened in favor of the Palestinians and stopped the riot.
In this whole terrible city, the trend of annexation is most noticeable. Also in house renovations in the cave area and Zion Axis (Beit Hatekuma). Not far from there is the House of Contention.
There are tons of posters, stickers and graffiti on every possible wall, corner and fence. All of them focus on the history, the sanctity and the mitzvah of the redemption of the place and its construction by Jews.
Givat Hamevaser (The Hill of the Herald) is located on the outskirts of Arab Hebron, and from it you can see the neighborhoods like the Hakharsina Hill, and the mixing of the two peoples.
The Israel Defense Forces yesterday destroyed the entire infrastructure of the road and intersection built by the Palestinians. It seems as if they are planning something, beyond the power struggles. We will have to keep following.
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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