Hebron, Sun 12.2.12, Morning
Translator: Charles K.
Reports by CPT and ISM observers, as well as Amira Hess’ article today in Ha’aretz, describe harsh behavior by Golani soldiers toward Hebron residents living in the area under total military control, including breaking into homes in the middle of the night, taking people out into the cold, destroying property and looting.
We encountered no incidents on our morning shift, in Hebron’s bitter cold and sparkling clear air. A Norwegian volunteer told us that homes were invaded Tuesday night (between February 7/8), and that volunteers were allowed to photograph only from a distance of 50 meters or more. They said those are the new rules. She promised to send us copies of the photos. One of the laborers told Muhammad about the army making arrests and entering people’s homes on the night between February 8/9.
It turns out that Hebron’s governor held a press conference yesterday to protest the “behavior” of Golani soldiers – based in part of the CPT report – that’s what I learned from a volunteer I ran into yesterday, who was particularly upset by how the handicapped girl was treated.
The report appears on CPT’s website: http://www.cpt.org/underattack .
In order to create the impression that Hebron is just another city, one that adheres to the usual traffic regulations, signs have been erected – “No Entry” and other such road signs – which will certainly help residents speeding madly through the streets in donkey carts.
That’s what we heard and saw in the city of the patriarchs and the matriarchs that’s getting ready for Purim.
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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