Hebron, South Hebron Hills, Wed 19.1.11, Morning
Meytar crossing
6:45 A few workers still coming through the checkpoint
Along the way we saw school children on their way to school and adults walking or waiting for rides to their destinations.
A jeep was traveling the road in the direction of Hebron.
Dura Elfawwar
7:15: Open.
Beit Haggai
There were several army vehicles waiting at the gate of the settlement and one jeep leaving. On a road just before the Administration of Coordination and Liaison, there were several army vehicles and a number of soldiers on the road, one of whom was holding a red flag. It seemed to be some sort of exercise.
Sheep Junction
7:20, open
There were two jeeps standing on a side road between Bnai Naim and Hebron.
Hebron.
Check Point 160 is closed.
7:30-8:30. We checked the various crossings on foot, leaving Mohammad and the van near the Pharmacy crossing. At the Pharmacy crossing, two women from CPT were watching the children make the crossing. They told us that each morning they count the number of children who cross and how many have their backpacks checked. The woman from Ireland is making a movie about children detainees. The principal of one of the girls’ schools stopped to wish all of us good morning. The children passed through the checkpoint quickly today because it is exam period and they were not carrying backpacks. The walk up to the Tarpat crossing was quiet. We met 3 observers from TIPH who were standing at the bottom of the stairs leading up to the Cordova girls’ school.
At Tarpat, there was a lone observer from TIPPI. She said there were no problems this morning. There were about 7-8 soldiers at the checkpoint. Two seemed to be working while the others were standing around and talking.
We walked up the hill to the Tel Romeidah junction. One soldier was standing there. There seemed to be more closer to Tel Romeida itself. We returned to the van via the Patriarchs’ Cave Tomb crossing. All was quiet.
Shuyukh junction.
8:30 Barriers still in place. People crossing on foot.
Meytar Crossing
9:05 Cross back. After having our IDs checked we were waved through but then stopped by another older guard who asked if the Human Rights Organizations couldn’t undertake do something about the amount of dust in the area rather than only helping the Palestinians. He said it with a smile so we took it as his way to pass time on a boring shift.
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
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