South Hebron
From Tarqumiya to Hebron, Wednesday 29/11/05 NoonObservers: Hagit S, Aliza (a photographer for an English woman’s magazine), Raiya Y (reporting)12:00-15:00There is no traffic on the roads. All the barriers are in place and a jeep and a bulldozer nose along the road.HebronWe met a lot of peace activists in addition to the Ecumenical group who protect the schoolchildren on their way to and from Cordoba school. They said that today the settler women had gathered in Beit Hadassa and the volunteers had feared they would harass the children returning from school and so they escorted the kids all the way home.Kasba CP:A nice commander allowed us to stand next to him and he behaved very respectfully towards the Palestinian passers by. He spoke to Idris who lives next to a Palestinian whose windows were broken and whose roof boiler was also destroyed last Saturday. He asked the commander :”Why is a Jewish child who throws stones never arrested whereas a Palestinian child who throws stones always is? How can one go on living like this without respect for human beings?. Between us and yourselves?. If in a family of 10 persons two quarrel, conflict ensues throughout the house”. The soldier answered him patiently and pleasantly, in this impossible situation. Tension is felt in the air whenever a settler’s car passes.We saw no detainees at the CPs near the Machpela cave (the patriarchs’ tombs).A bus full of worshippers was leaving the square.
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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