Sha'b al Butum – settlers from the outpost Mitzpeh Avigail attack and beat Palestinian passersby
We went again to Wadi Radim as we wanted to hear from Abu Safi and his daughter, Rania’ about what is happening. The people of the settler, Israel Kaplan, are harassing him daily. He can no longer go out to graze the flock or do the agricultural work because he has a heart disease and is due to be operated on.
15-year-old Rania has to deal with these troublemakers.
In the picture you see her saying that they come and curse her with words that she was ashamed to repeat in Arabic, but she asked: What is a whore? That is what he called me. They also tried to beat her. They come at all hours of the day and night with ATVs which are frighteningly loud. Worse than that.
They continue to throw sheep carcasses near his house. It’s so that he will suffer from the smell and the sight, and, of course, it is a health hazard. According to him, he has already asked Kaplan to throw the carcasses in the garbage truck which comes to him. Of course, the intention is to make life miserable for him and make him want to abandon his property.
When we were driving, Muhammad told Ishak from Sha’b al-Butum.He said his neighbour who is not well, had been riding his donkey with medicines, which he had bought for the flock. Unfortunately for him, on his return he passed by a group of settlers from the neighbouring Mitzpeh Avigail who were building a tent in the area between them and Sha’b al Butum. They attacked him, beat him and took his package of medicines. And he came home, empty, beaten and humiliated. His men saw what was happening from a distance but did not dare to approach the rioters. of course.
That’s how life is here every day, but who cares?
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
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