South Hebron
South HebronWednesday morning, 6 April 2005 Observers: Shnunit and EllaA guest and a student named Maya who are studying the MW organization joined usIt was a really weird shift. Only in retrospect we understood what we saw. Apparently, that morning the army built a wall to protect a Palestinian family house in Hebron from the Jewish quarter settlers’ violence. And now to the tour – The entrance to Dahariyya was open and cars were going in and out. Dura – al Fawwar junction was also open both ways. The surprise began at the Sheep junction. The barrier of the vehicles in the entrance to Hebron was open. We saw there several humvees, bulldozer and large trailers, one of them loaded with large iron boards. All this baggage, out of one humvee and the bulldozer, drove into Hebron. An officer who was willing to tell us that the barrier is only temporarily open but refused to tell us what’s going on other than that. It looked like the Palestinians are surprised and thrilled with this opening of the barrier. One of the taxi drivers told us that it’s the first time in four years that a taxi is going through this junction. He added, half joking that we can start a “hafla” [celebration]… the soldiers didn’t allow transfer of Palestinian cars at all. After all the military vehicles passed the humvee stood and blocked the entrance. On Road 60:There were two temporary roadblocks. One of them checked the traffic coming from both sides. Few soldiers were watching Palestinians workers doing digging with tractors at the road, it looks like they’re laying pipeline. Three km before the Shayuch – Sair junction there was another roadblock, stopping mainly cars with yellow [Israeli] license plates (!) driving south. The “Humanitarian barrier” [for passage of medical cases and materiel] was closed; a military humvee stood there. On the Halhul-Hebron bridge the traffic flowed as usual. On the ascent to the bridge stood a humvee and an Israeli car with stickers of settlers. The humvee blocked the car, the soldiers refused to explain us what happened and asked us to go back to the car. The entrance to Halhul east was also open. Generally, military presence was felt in the area, with humvees all the time.
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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