Hebron and South Hebron Hills Monday, Nov.21Observers: Y.L. (Hebrew report); Z.B.P (English)Departure: Tsomet Shoket 07:00; Return: 10:30Hebron: A cold and rainy day. Few people on the road, Palestinians or soldiers. Nothing unusual. The watchman detains us a long time at the entrance to Kiryat Arba; it seems that he is obeying settlers’ orders. He claims he needs permission from the army or the police. Does not like the fact that we are not happy to move aside and wait. Says other women are nicer and behave better. A police car arrives, but after a short talk with the watchman the driver says that the police here is receiving orders from the army so he cannot help us. Another police car arrives, and this time an officer tries to figure out what is going on and why the watchman doesn’t let us go in when he permits it. An army Jeep stops and the soldier says he knows of no such orders. After a while the police officer says “follow me” and we do till we are out of Kiryat Arba. That is why we assume that the watchman has orders to detain us for as long as possible, probably in the hope that we would give up and go away.We were late, mostly because of time spent at the gate, and didn’t see the school girls. The street was empty because of the weather. The few stores that are sometimes open were open. We saw the woman who followed us last time, but this time she left us in peace. The soldier manning the checkpoint at the feet of Tel Romeida told us the girls were allowed to pass without going thru the magnometer. (That was before the last round of clashes and shooting.)Sansana: no detainees.Dahariya: Road probably closed, because people came off cars. We couldn’t see the roadblocks from the main road.Very few Palestinian cars. Dura-al Fawwar: road open; no soldiers; new concrete obstacles on the road. On our way back we saw a policeman watching the traffic (hoping to issue tickets?).Sheep junction: no soldiers. People crossing on foot. The vegetable vendor on Yata’s side tells us that during the day things are “normal”, except for the “terrible occupation” and the need to travel 2 hours from one place to another which is only 5 minutes away. He saw an old woman carried by hand because it is impossible to cross the road with a car. His stall (‘basta’) is actually in Hebron, but he cannot be part of Hebron because of the road blocks. He himself is working against the Hammas, as part of the Palestinian Authority security forces, but with this kind of occupation, how can you stop the emergence of new suicide bombers? He also told us that soldiers come at night just to show their presence, even when they are not looking after particular individuals. “Just a show of force.”Shiyukh-Hebron girls’ school: the usual. No police. People report occasional visits by soldiers who come to check the road-block and ascertain that there are no new or bigger openings and that no cars can get on route 60. When the soldiers come near children sometimes throw stones on them.East Halhul: open. A new traffic island in the middle of the road on the south side.Route 35: the Humanitarian roadblock is closed. Idna is open and soldiers are present.Ramadin: Still manned by Golani who allow only Ramadin people to go through. Soldiers behave efficiently and cordially. They say merchandise is passing thru.