Imnaizel, South Hebron Hills
Another story about the Abu Kbeta family.
The family lives next door to Yatir sett;ement and its childresn have to cross the Metzudat Yehuda checkpoint to go to school in Imnaizel. They face problems at the checkpoint every time they need to go to a hospital or for shopping and errands in Yatta. During the holiday Mahmoud called to tell us of the new problem that had arisen.
His daughter, who married six years ago, lives in Yatta and had been registered as a regular member of her parents’ home. As she grew up there and studied all the years there and wants to continue visiting her parents it was clear that this would continue.
Suddenly, in the past few weeks, her status in the ID was changed and it was decided that she can not visit her parents because she lives in Yatta. All the requests since then that she be allowed to continue her visits have been refused.
The insensitivity and wickedness of the authorities raise their heads again and again.
Mahmoud’s difficult conversations with the DCO, the violation of their rights as human beings in general and landowners in particular, can be compared to apartheid in South Africa which has long passed away..
Their failure to change this decision did not help and his daughter can not come to visit them
I turned to the DCO to a man who had been attentive and helpful until now and had solved problems for the family and expressed great appreciation to Machsomwatch
I hope that this time too common sense and humanity will prevail, and will stop harassing this family.
These are the slogans which have been added in Kiryat Arba. Not that the intentions are unknown but the slogans show which way the wind is blowing.
Besides that Hebron after the events of Peisach is quite and deserted.
The Givati soldiers are now stationed there.
Also along road 60 everything is as usual
Imneizil
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Imneizil Located below the settlement of Beit Yatir near the Beit Yatir / Metsadot Yehuda checkpointhe, this village is part of the Palestinian settlements in the southern Hebron Mountains.Amnesiel has a school for the children of the area, also children of two clans from the Abu Qabita tribe who remained on the Israeli side of the Separation fence, along with some of the agricultural lands of Amnesiel. The women of MachsomWatch are monitoring the Metzsadot Yehuda checkpoint, and are in contact with the Abu Qabita family. We receive from them reports of prevention of entry and transfer of necessary goods.
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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
Raya YeorMay-15-2025No-traffic signs around Dahariya
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