South Hebron Hills
After crossing Faiz, a Palestinian who lives in Zanuta, called us to say that the settlers are building a new settlement on the hill in front of their house. It is important to report this and continue to check that no further settlement will be established.
During the Passover holiday the settlers entered many villages:
Nasser from Susiya says that in ancient Susiya there were masses of settlers.
In Samo’, settlers entered the synagogue, accompanied by the army. The synagogue is located in the center of the village and is in Area A.
Nasser Adara informs us that In Yatta, settlers entered the large pool with a military escort. This pool is also in Area A.
Id from Umm al-Kheir calls and reports that many settlers are also walking around his area.
Hebron is blocked and closed. Cars are prohibited from entering due to Passover. At the entrance to Kiryat Arba are army and police vehicles.
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
Raya YeorMay-15-2025No-traffic signs around Dahariya
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