Rd. 60, Matak Ezion, co 300
Rd. 60, Matak Ezion, co 300, 15.8.2005, morning, Observers: Chaya A. AdaG. (reporting)Natanya translating7.15 Beit Jala little traffic.7.30 El Khadr, Relatively early and so not much traffic. Chaya opens her car-office and there is enough work and the usual stories, traffic fines, new and old , police files. Double fines to be checked. Where is the problem?8.30 Crossroads Ezyon. Soldiers checking cars but no delays.9.10 Halhul. Quiet. We went beyond the humanitarian checkpoint. Closed. All the roads empty. Is the closure so strict? We stop at Beit Umar at Yusef.10.00 DCO Ezyon. 25 people waiting and from their faces we can see that nothing is moving. Some have been waiting two hours. Azhar as usual is at a meeting …according to a phone call. A soldier tells me he will check what is happening. It turns out that the machine for turning out the magnetic cards is not working. Maybe it will be fixed soon. We passed on the information and waited. We explained to some how to close a file, what to ask at the window.An elderly man who has come to lecture at the technical university of Hebron approaches us . He has been living in Switzerland for 35 years. But he was born in Palestine and therefore can not come back through Lod even though he came from there. We try to help with phone calls and in vain. As usual a very sad story.12.00 Checkpoint 300,Bethlehem. 6 detainees on our way back. The soldiers are hard and have to be asked for water. NO one can talk to these people. But we interfered and they got cold water and one was allowed to phone home and we are threatened that they will complain that we interfered with the work of the police.
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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