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Hebron, Sun 18.11.12, Morning

Place: Hebron
Observers: Lea Shakdiel and Anat Agmon (Reporting)
Nov-18-2012
| Morning

Translator:  Charles K.

 

06:50

  Meitar crossing

–  All laborers have crossed and now await their employers.  Though the Gaza operation is underway there’s no closure.

 

Highway 60

Direction south to north [Beersheba to Jerusalem]

 There are no signs at most of the turnoffs to Palestinian localities giving the name of the locality.

 

Dura Elfawwar

Checkpoint is manned; there are no detainees.

 

The DCO office is located in the rear portion of the Judea Brigade headquarters.  As civilians we are not allowed to enter so we can’t see how Palestinians are treated.

 

The road from Kiryat Arba to the Cave of the Patriarchs is closed to Palestinian vehicles; as a result we see dozens of pupils walking to school.

 

We conduct an educational conversation with Nahal soldiers at the Pharmacy checkpoint who would like Gaza destroyed. 

 

Hebron

Quiet despite, or because of, the fighting in Gaza.

 

No soldier in the booth at the Kiryat Arba junction.

 

We return via Highway 317, past Carmel, Ma’on, Avigail, Mitzpeh Ya’ir and Suosiya, where we see construction work underway, enlarging the settlement.

 

We weren’t asked to show IDs at the Meitar crossing on our way back.

  • 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:

       

      1. Bet Hameriva CP- manned with a pillbox
      2. Kapisha quarter CP (the northern side of Zion axis) - manned with a pillbox
      3. The 160 turn CP (the southern side of Zion axis) - manned with a pillbox
      4. Avraham Avinu quarter - watch station
      5. The pharmacy CP - checking inside a caravan with a magnometer
      6. Tarpat (1929) CP - checking inside a caravan with a magnometer
      7. Tel Rumeida CP - guarding station
      8. Beit Hadassah CP - guarding station

      Three checkpoints around the Tomb of the Patriarchs

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