Sha'ab al Butum – settlers attack and then complain that the victims threw stones at them
Reporter: Michal; Transoator: Natanya
After the previous day’s events in Sha’ab al Butum we went to visit, support and help as much as we could. So first we went to Hura to the grocery store and filled the car with food items thanks to the donations from the members.
When we arrived, we were happy to meet Erela, Yair and Ron from the Village Group and with them Ilana Hammermann whom we know. Ilana says she does not know if she will find words to write about what is happening and is as shocked as we are by the evil and violence of the settlers who are backed by our forces.
Yesterday, as we already published, the settlers attacked and then complained that members of the Jabarin family threw stones at them. Without investigation, they arrested Muhammad the father and two of his sons on the charge of throwing stones. When we arrived, Leila was obviously worried and disturbed about the fate of her husband and sons but insisted that we eat and drink.
Erela updates that Muhammad will be released on a bail of NIS 1000, but Shadi, another son, has been summoned for questioning now. Sounds like a prisoner exchange deal on behalf of a body that is unwilling to admit that there is no justification for this arrest. It is comforting to know that they have legal protection from the Human Rights Defenders Foundation – Attorney Riham is a criminal lawyer and Attorney Kamar deals with land and real estate matters.
When we returned, we were later reported that everyone had been released, but for a bail of thousands of shekels.
Why these fines?
Because they can.
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
Muhammad D.May-13-2025Susiya - at Ahmad and Halima Nawaja'a
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