Hebron, Tue 25.12.07, Afternoon
At the entrance to the house about ten – twelve children were gathered, chatting friendly with four border police soldiers, who were guarding the house. We were standing on the road waiting for Issa, the B'Tselem investigator, with whom we had an appointment. The moment the children caught sight of us and of our Machsomwatch tag, they began to curse us: " hey you, this is the "house of peace" and not the "disputed house" as you call it, "….get lost, you idiots, cretins!!" We to ld the children to shut up. Immediately a grown up man and several women approached us angrily and demanded aggressively that we leave "their" premises. "The road belongs to you as well?" "This is our house and you just came to make provocations." We did not answer and did not move. A little boy kicked Ilana in her leg. His mother encouraged him: "It was all right to kick her. She stands on our premises" and to us she said: "We have only one little problem right now, namely to get rid of you and as fast as possible!" The soldiers did nothing to stop the affronts against us.
Out of the blue (from above) eggs were thrown on our car. They broke on the window shield and splashed all over the front.
We expected the soldiers to intervene. Instead, one of them argued "You cannot know who has thrown the eggs. It could have been one of the people passing by [meaning Arabs](!)" The atmosphere heated up and the children were playing ball around us and hitting us with the ball. In the middle of this tension we received a phone call from Issa, who was waiting for us at the Mosque. We decided to leave and demanded that the soldiers secured our departure so that the settlers won't throw stones at us when we turn around. We intend to file a complaint with the police.When we left at about 17:00 we realized that we have received a tiny taster of the famous "Hebron mix" – life between fanatic, unscrupulous Settlers and bored, power thirsty soldiers.
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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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