Hebron, South Hebron Hills, Sun 9.1.11, Morning
Translation: Bracha B.A.
Meytar-Sansana Crossing
When we arrived at 06:40 most of the workers were already waiting on the Israeli side and there were still a few coming through. Fewer workers came today because of the rainy weather. The stall owners told us they had hired a lawyer to deal with the matter of their license with the Civil Authorities.
Route 60
There is heavy fog along most of the way and it is impossible to see more than a meter ahead, but we still see the children making their way to school and the army jeeps at the curve near Bnei Na'im, at the pillbox near Dura Elfawwar, at the entrance to Kiryat Arba and the Beit Anun–Hebron Junction (near the girls' school.)
At the Sheep Junction three soldiers have set up a rolling checkpoint and are checking cars at random, inspecting ID's and the trunks of cars. The soldiers, all reservists, claim they don't delay Palestinians for more than five minutes and even that is unnecessary. On the way back the checkpoint was no longer there.
Hebron
The "Tzabar" brigade of Givati is now in Hebron – and there are new flags decorating the army base on Givat Haharsina. In general, no one is detained at any of the checkpoints.
At Tel Romeida a Palestinian was receiving his ID card back from a soldier, who stopped us for questioning too. He consulted with his superiors and we were allowed to continue on our way. The streets of Hebron look even more deserted in the rain.
A patrol of Givati soldiers patrols the Shuhada Street. We haven't seen such patrols for a long time.
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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