Hebron, South Hebron Hills, Thu 4.6.09, Morning
Translated by Yael Z.
Meytar CP: The last workers were being checked while the parking lot was full of people after the checking, waiting near the cars to be taken to work.
Dahariya: Closed for cars.
Dura Alfawwar CP: Open for cars, not very busy.
Sheep's Junction CP: Open.
Hebron
Hazon David: The improvised synagogue is still working in spite promises to U.S government.
Curve 160 CP: Instead of a closed gate, concrete blocks were put in a Z-shape, forcing pedestrians to walk slowly between them. Two men riding donkeys and four pedestrians were waiting for their documents to be checked. When we stopped to watch their documents were quickly returned, but our driver was asked to handle his. We tried to help but got a cross reaction from the woman-soldier at the CP.
Pharmacy CP: quiet and almost deserted. Two trolleys of fresh pretzels, one driven by a girl, the other by the familiar man, were driving towards the boys school. The girl was almost knocked down by a high speed settler's car.
TARPAT CP: Four detainees on the Israeli side and a woman with a child on the Palestinian side. Both were quickly released when we arrived.
Tel Rumaida CP: No one was stopped for checking while we watched.
Zion Route: still closed.We watched Federman's settlement from above and could see the tent near the ruined hut, some horses near the stable – all very pastoral.
Leaving Kiryat Arba, we saw a new settlement on the northern hill.
Road 317: All quiet and empty.
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
Smadar BeckerApr-10-2026New Israeli flags placed for miles on Highway 317 to prove who is sovereign
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