South Hebron
South Hebron hills Wednsday 31/5/06Observers: Elena L., Yael Z. (reports) and 4 students from Sapir college.Sansana – Quick pass, no workers seen.Daharia – The gate is closed.Dura- El Pawar – Open, cars crossing on both sides.Sheep J. – A long line of people crossing the road over the dust piles.HebronWe met some groups of the CPT – there is a delegation of the union and many friends from all over the world came to learn about the situation in Hebron.The large group of peace searchers may have caused the soldiers to be more suspicious: Two teachers were detained on their regular way to school, some young men were detained near the cave. Both were not seen on our way back.Pharmacy CP – Few children were crossing.Shuhada st. – A young settler through stones on us. We climbed the stairs towards Cordoba school just to check the new pavement made for the girls.Over the school we climbed on the roof were soldiers once watched and got a nice view of Hebron roofs.Tarpat CP – Children with final reports’ documents passed the magnometer on their way for the summer vacation.Tel Rumaida – We weren’t allowed to climb up to the settlers’ quarter, due to a military order. The soldiers told us it ment to protect us. We obeyed.Route 317Zif J. – Open, some cars were seen on their way to Yata.Carmel – Young girl waiting for a ride. There are works on the road putting the concrete wall along the western side of the road.Ramadin – No detainees were seen, the CP was deserted.
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
Muhammad D.May-13-2026Hebron - Request for compensation for land expropriation
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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
Muhammad D.Jul-1-2026From the food we brought to the Daramin family in the village of Khirbet al-Kharaba
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