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South Hebron

Place: Hebron
Observers: Nurit S.,Edna S.
Aug-09-2005
| Morning

South Hebron, Tuesday 9/8/05 AMWatchers: Nurit S., Edna S., (Reporting)6.50-9.30An irregular duty. Our goal: to lead people from Susya to Kiryat Arba to testify. Road 317: A van that passed through an “illegal” road was caught by an army Jeep that passed through.Near Susya we picked up 3 man and a woman to take them to Kiryat Arba. One of the men asked if we have recordings and in addition asked if we could cancel one of the checkpoints.A sudden checkpoint asked to see the israelis’ papers but not the palestininans’.On our way we talked with Jossi the policeman. He directed us to Jaabar gate, but according to our driver, Israelies are not allowed there.Ezra from “Taayush” offered to send them in a cub from the “Sheep” intersection to Hebron. A. our driver, landed them 200 IS and they got on their way. We checked by phone that they got safely to their meeting with JossiOther junctions we have passed:Zif – openShiuch – open, girls crossing on their way to school.Humanitarian CP – open.Halhul bridge – traffic flowes freely.Beit Hagay – A temporary checkpoint with a Jeep and Karavan + flags.Dura – El Pawar: a barbed installation to stop driving on the road sides.The traffic was light at the beginning and medium later. A UN car full of Palestinians was going towards Dahariyya.

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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:

       

      1. Bet Hameriva CP- manned with a pillbox
      2. Kapisha quarter CP (the northern side of Zion axis) - manned with a pillbox
      3. The 160 turn CP (the southern side of Zion axis) - manned with a pillbox
      4. Avraham Avinu quarter - watch station
      5. The pharmacy CP - checking inside a caravan with a magnometer
      6. Tarpat (1929) CP - checking inside a caravan with a magnometer
      7. Tel Rumeida CP - guarding station
      8. Beit Hadassah CP - guarding station

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