Bad in Hebron. Bad. Bad. Bad.
It’s quiet today. No people outdoors.
The school year in the Palestinian Authority will already begin for some of the children next week, on August 16, and for others on August 24.
We spoke with a group of teachers of the Cordoba School (who wouldn’t have their photos taken) – they told us about problems they encounter while crossing the Policeman Checkpoint and the Stairway Checkpoint on their way to school, and about the spirit of Covid that hovers over the children and the sense of unceasing siege because of the Israeli occupation. There are no tourists and moods are really down.
Things are bad in Hebron. My usual vigil-bellyache is worsening.
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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