Hebron, South Hebron Hills, Sun 18.7.10, Morning
Translation: Bracha B.A.
South Mount Hebron
There is a stone block on Road 60 between Samiyeh and Samua– what remains of a previous roadblock. It is now being used as a sign. One side reads "Building Materials with God's Help" with a Star of David and the other reads "Land for Sale" in Arabic. Further down the road there is a police vehicle with plainclothes policemen. They stop us and then immediately let us go. They claim to be checking documents and looking for traffic violators. .Near the sheep junction we see something we never saw before – an Israeli road cleaning machine and on the other side a water pipe has burst and water is running everywhere. We hope they will not shut down the water in the entire area and claim that they have already used up their weekly water quota, as they do in Hebron. The Arabic writing on the sign at the entrance to Maon has been blacked out and Leah claims that these are the true Post Zionists. She's right. What settlement freeze? They are still building.
Hebron
The illegal settlement in Hebron now contains five huts, three tents, and one stone building with no roof on it. The Worshippers' Road now connects Hebron 2 with Kiryat Arba. Two settler women are sitting on chairs praying surrounded by their children under an olive tree. Nearby A soldier stands nearby with his weapon and the settlers' car and command car stand next to them. There is evidently a permanent presence of settlers since the Supreme Court decided that there would be no vehicle traffic on this road. The gate to the army camp on Shuhada Street is open again to allow a shortcut for settlers between the Avraham Avinu neighborhood and Shuhada.
On our way out of Hebron we stopped where a soldier said he had seen a snake in the weeds next to the road. We asked if he could set the grass on fire. The soldier said that as far as he was concerned the snakes would remain and they could stay, but the Arabs should leave.
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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