Hebron, South Hebron Hills
Road 60
At Abda the checkpoint is at last open. At the turning to Bani Na’im are many soldiers on both sides of the road and also military vehicles.
In Hebron, rejoicing and happy, about a thousand tourists from France arrived in dozens of buses. They belong to an extreme right-wing organization that comes every year in solidarity with the State of Israel and conducts parade of flags.
Israeli flags flyeverywhere on cars and even as a garment for some women.
The organization which is called “Israel Forever” is seen on one of the men’s shirts preparing for the march.
We could not stay to see.
Knesset members will arrive later and there will be a rally in honor of the guests, they tell us.
We saw the preparation of the large tent.
(We heard the enthusiastic speech of Miri Regev in the evening)
In Abed’s are tourists from Japan and the United Stateswho came from Bethlehem with a guide from the hotel where they were staying. According to the guide, he shows them the full picture of Hebron from all sides and its complexity.
When I asked the French tourist who came from America for his opinion, he said he did not want to take a political stand.
On the steps in front of Beit Hadassah, youths try to get into the neighborhood. The soldiers only allow those who live there to go up. One boy who comes with a tray of traditional cakes and tries to sell them is not allowed to go up.
“You do not live here and you must not go up,” the soldier says.
We did not intervene. One does not interfere with the soldiers in carrying out their duties, especially on a day fraught with such patriotism
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
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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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