Hakvasim (sheep) Junction, Hebron, South Hebron Hills
On road 60 checkpoints “only” at the exit from Dahariya and under the pillbox in Abda.
On our way back the Border Police standat the Sheep Junction.
It came to our attention that a school “El Nahda” in Hebron in the Abu Snan neighborhood, which is located in Area H1, has recently been suffering from multiple casualties of tear gas from the Israeli amry. The school is under the pillbox and the military camp next to it. The children are aged between five to fourteen, and constitute a “threat” to our soldiers. We arrived at the school and met with the principal and some students so that they should at least see an Israeli of a different kind.
A video with the principal is on MachsomWatch’s Facebook page and mine.
In the images below: The sight of the children after gas inhalation.
IDF soldiers detain a group of Americans traveling up Tel Rumeida together with a Palestinian guide. The moment I arrive and say that they are holding me back too, the soldiers release us all.
The next time they come they will not be allowed to enter the country.
On the parking lot of the Tomb of the Patriarchs, huge tents are being prepared for hosting the Life of Sara affair
Ofer Ohana is pleased that the head of the council will be Eliahu Liebman, who is more extreme than Malachi Levinger, the current council head.
How many times can you write that there is nowhere to lead the shame and anger.
“How does HannA jablonka write? The children are fine.”
Hakvasim (sheep) Junction
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One of the roadblocks (earthworks, rocks, concrete blocks or iron gates) that prevent transit of vehicles to Route 60 in the southern West Bank and block the southern entrance to Hebron. A manned pillbox supervises the place.
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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
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