South Hebron Hills
Hebron Hills Thursday 29.6. 06 AMObservers: Ziva B-P, Elena L (reporting)6:45-8:45We didn’t enter Hebron because the 18 year old Eliyahu Asheri’s funeral took place today and we were were afraid of the settlers. The shift passed without incident. Except for Sansana –Shim’a, Shiyukh- Hebron and Ramadin no soldiers were seen on the ground. The CPs were open – or closed-as usual. The roads were almost empty of both cars and pedestrians. We decided not to go to Idhna CP.Sansan –Shim’a: trucks were were being checked quickly. There were no detainees.Al Fawwar- Dura: the pillbox was manned.Shiyukh -Hebron ( the girls’s school): an army jeep was parked on the Hebron side. Very few pedestrians were seen and there were no detaineesThe Humanitarian Gate: closed and deserted and therefore as we expected- East Halhul- Sa’ir CPs were open to vehicles in both directions.Zif Gate: openRamadin CP: manned . No vehicles, pedestrians or detainees observed.
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
Lea ShakdielMay-27-2025Hebron, settlers vandalized the sign of the girls' school
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ramadin
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Ramadin and Arab al-Furijat, were established in the suburbs of Dahariya by Bedouins who came from the Be'er Sheva area after 1948. The village of Ramadin, numbers about 6,000 people, is located on the eastern side of the separation barrier. The checkpoint that was established at the entrance to the village (crossing by list only) to prevent passage to Israeli territory was removed in October 2007, and the road to the Meitar checkpoint leading to Israel is open.
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Sa'ir
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A relatively affluent suburb of Palestinian Hebron. West of Highway 60 leading from Bethlehem to Hebron. The entrance to Highway 60 and to Shuyukh and Beit Einun to the east is open, but is subject to changes - concrete blocks denying passage are stationed according to the needs of the army.
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