South Hebron Hills, Hebron - propaganda against a Palestinian State, closed shops
I was going to meet Basel Adra from A-Tuwani, but he was busy and so we postponed the meeting till next week and just spoke on the phone. Basel has a permit to enter Jerusalem for meetings with peace organizations but to his surprise was not given permission. At his request, I inquired with an officer of the DCO (thanks to Hannah Barag) who, to my surprise, welcomed us and our actions and answered me very politely. According to him, because of the Corona, only workers and those sick can enter now. Basel says that the settlers from Maon Farm recently set up more caravans and came closer to their settlement.
Or we will report what we will see next week.
He speaks about the demolitions of yesterday and the previous day in the Umm al-Khair area and what is called Masafar Yatta in the edga of the Yehuda desert.
Heartbreaking what goes on there with people.
Hebron
Almost completely desolate, all the shops in front of the Patriarch’s cave are closed . No tourists and passersby and so there is no reason to open any stores other than the food stores. The children have been on holiday for three months and will be back in September if possible.
The situation there is more difficult than that of ours.
At the southern entrance to Hebron in front of more or less Bani Nayim, the one beginning in the industrial area of Kiryat Arba is the sign pictured below. According to Leah Shkadiel’s report, there is also one at the northern entrance and down the road to Gush Etzion.
The settlers threaten us.
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
Raya YeorDec-18-2025Hebron - Yusri Jaber and part of his family
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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
Leah ShakdielApr-29-2026South Hebron Hills. The turn to 'Afeka', one of the new outposts facing Abda
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