Hebron – with the Jaber family
1. In the morning Muhammad went to Fawaz of Beit Ula (8 km south of the Tarkumiya checkpoint) to return to him his belongings which he and Ariela brought back the previous day from Ketziot by way of the Eshel prison obtained yesterday in Be'er Sheva. He is very grateful.
This time we dedicated the shift to the Jaber family, at the entrance to Kiryat Arba, on both sides of Highway 60.
2. We met with Jaudi, Ata's older brother, who lives here with his mother and son on their lands, but not only do they not have a building permit, the settlers are allowed to build on their lands without hindrance. The crane at the construction site on Givat Harasina is right above the house, and next to it a huge Israeli flag. This is an image that clouds the pastoral: we are sitting in the middle of the vineyard, in the shade of a huge walnut tree which has been grafted and therefore gives two types of nuts, and next to us is a donkey tied by a rope. The fear that the Civil Administration
will destroy the house accompanies the family all the time. The son who lives here, worked, works in the garage near Beit Anun. He has two sons and two daughters, a son named after grandfather Jaudi and a daughter named after grandmother Nihad. There are 4 more daughters, 3 of them are married, the one who lives farthest lives in a village near Jenin. We ask how the holiday, Eid al-Adha, was: it was difficult, everything is very expensive, there is no money because many do not work. Also, 4 people were killed in Dahariya in a serious accident. Jaudi speaks Hebrew, he used to work in a building In Kiryat Arba. Now mainly concentrates on taking care of the vines. Jaudi is very pessimistic, nobody in the world cares about the Palestinians, in his opinion the world in general is ruled by the violent and the greedy and an example is the attack of Russia on the Ukraine.
3. We are taking advantage of the fact that today Muhammad has a 4x4 vehicle, to visit Ataf's house across the road, he works in Ashdod but at the house is his wife Rudaina, daughter-in-law and grandchildren. Rudaina had a heart attack at home while fasting in Ramadan, and she was rushed to the hospital in Hebron. She was operated on immediately - catheter + valve. The price was NIS 30,000. She has a heart device that costs NIS 300 per month, and she is asking if it is possible to get such a device for her cheaper. In any case, as a result of all this, she stopped smoking...
She says that Biden's visit to Bethlehem, north of here, caused the closure of Route 60 here as well, and the road was flooded with police.
She says that during the Corona period, Ofer Ohana would bring his garbage and throw it at the door of the house, he said that he had Corona and wanted to infect everyone. He stopped after Ata yelled at him but didn't clear his trash, they had to clear it themselves, with gloves and masks
We are talking to the daughter. She studied photography with Michael in Tel Rumeida like all the other girls, who also received cameras from "Btselem" to document what was happening. She also trained as a cosmetologist. Now she is engaged, the fiance is in Shuafat, getting around there takes a lot of time. Muhammad suggests that she get a permit to look for work in Israel, a permit that can be renewed from time to time, so that she can travel through Israel.
4. From the mouth of the mother and daughter we also hear about another family member, Aref, who lived near the House of Contention in Hebron. He has land near Atef's house. The settlers tried to take control of these lands and build a building on them, Aref came at night with other activists and destroyed the building. The second time there was an attempt to take over, he stood in front of the tractor. We must continue to follow....