South Hebron
South Hebron Hills Monday 1/8/05 amObservers Zafrira, Elena ( reporting)6:45 – 8.45Summary: The rolling CP on route 60 outside DCO Hebron has gone. We were waved through the Beit Haggai CP – not something we have been used to in the recent past.Dhahariya – the gate is closed and rocks prevent any car from slipping round it. Dura -Al Fawwar: open to cars. No soldiers on the ground.Immediately after Dura on route 60 : an unmanned rolling CP (metal spikes on road).Shayuch- Hevron – open to pedestrians No soldiers on the ground.Beit Haggai CP – We were waved through. Our IDs were not checked this time.The flying CP on route 60 outside DCO Hebron- has gone!The Sheep Crossing: Pedestrian crossing only –the passage of carts has been prevented by a fresh earth and rock barrier. No soldiers on the ground. Humanitarian Gate: closed and desertedEast HAlhul –Sair CP crossing is open in both directions to cars and pedestrians. No soldiers on the ground.Halhul bridge -openIdhna CP – open to motor traffic. No soldiers on the ground.Zif junction closed.Congo (Arad) CP: manned but no traffic seen
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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Zif Junction
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Zif Junction located on the crossroads that directs towards Road 356 to Yata. Yata is the district city of the southern Hebron Mountains. Usually, this junction is open to traffic. The nearby pillbox is unmanned. But the army and police are present occasionally, sometimes setting up a checkpoint and sometimes detaining residents from the big city. Often, the Israeli policemen inspect vehicles and distribute driving reports to Palestinian vehicles. s
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