The school in Simia
We visited Simia , the Farhan family
On August 25, the school year in the elementary school built near the houses began and not on the other side of the busy road. Three more classrooms were built, added to the existing two classes. The classes were built of blocks, aluminum windows and the roof was covered with insulated material. The money came from donations.
IDF soldiers came to film the paving stage and have not returned since.
The 15 children from first to sixth grade do not have to cross Highway 60 every morning (it is dangerous beyond belief to try to cross the road).
Farhan reports that additional mobile roadblocks were added at Samoa about a mile off the road, especially in the early hours and on weekdays when workers go out to work and on Fridays and Saturdays.
How does South Hebron Mountains know that there are elections in Israel? Netanyahu came to visit Hebron.
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
Muhammad D.Oct-24-2026Smadar with Nasr Nawaja'a, in Susiya
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