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Hebron, Wed 30.6.10, Afternoon

Place: Hebron
Tags: DCO (District Coordination Offices) Detainees Soldiers at checkpoints
Observers: Ra'aya Y. and Hagit S. (reports)
Jun-30-2010
| Afternoon

Translation: Bracha B.A.

We are joined by our friend Tzipi who is bringing food and clean laundry to her son who is conducting peace and youth leadership activities in Tel Romeida.  We can now take an opportunity to see what he is doing there. 

Hebron
The children are on summer vacation and are in the streets. There are four young men being detained at the checkpoint below the police station. Border Police soldiers tell us that one of these men lied to them and said that he didn't have a cell phone but actually, he did. What difference does it make whether he had one or not?  They have been detailed for half an hour and the soldiers tell us that we cannot talk to them and must not interfere. We attempt to call the Liaison and Coordination Administration and another soldier arrives to explain what is going on. An Arab-speaking officer arrives and the soldiers present all four young men with a "detention form" that they must sign saying that they were not beaten, had no complaints, and had nothing confiscated…An hour later someone from the Liaison and Coordination Administration in Hebron calls back and asks what happened, promising to investigate the event with the detainees.
Tel Romeida: soldiers are checking ID cards and ask where we are headed, not allowing us in before explicit permission arrives. This is something new. We visited Michael's house and studio and were extremely impressed and looked out on the huge city of Hebron from the Tel Romeida checkpoint above the city.   

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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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