Southern Hills of Hebron, 13.3.06, MorningObservers: Michal Tz., Nurit Sh., Hagit B. (reporting)06:30 – 12:30Soussia – Palestinians plant olives on their landWe got a call yesterday from G informing us that the farmers from Soussia intend to plant olive plants today in their plots of land instead of the olive trees that were uprooted by the settlers. Rabbi Asherman from Rabbis for Human Rights brought the plants. As we set out in the morning we got a call begging us to hurry, as the settlers had already begun their attack. Within 10 minutes we arrived. A resident called to us to do something, because the soldiers, there were 4, did not intervene or protect them. There were some 20 youngsters by the age of 17 rushing violently towards the Palestinians and another group of youngsters stood below yelling and cursing them. On the hill stood the elder settlers, directing orders, presumably. The planters were mostly women of all ages, and at their side were Rabbi Arik Asherman, Yoram and Yohai, an activist from an international peace team. There were also some photographers on the ground. When the soldiers saw us arriving, they called for reinforcement and another couple of soldiers arrived hurrying toward the settlers in the direction of the tents, were hand fighting broke out between the settlers and the Palestinians. Arik and Yoram ran in that direction too, and we stayed to protect the women, shielding them from the frenzied rabble. We called for more police forces. They came after 20 minutes. Now a whole company of military BP arrived and more and more police vehicles. The area was declared a closed military zone. The planting was finished and we accompanied the Palestinians back to their village. The military and the police force created a fence between the settlers and the Palestinians. A policeman asked us to escort a Palestinian, who was hit by a settler, to file a complaint. Arik, in the meantime, updated the media of what was going on and talked with Limor Yehuda from the Ass for Citizen’s Rights to intervene so that the residents could go to the land and protect the young olive plants. We headed with the Palestinian, who was hit, to the police station. We heard on the radio at 1 o’clock of the incident. We are in contact with deputy commander of the Yehuda Brigade to remind him to protect the residents and their freshly planted olives.Shim’a CP – Closure. Reservists man the CP. Ramadin CP – The village is still cut off from the surrounding, namely, the residents can go out in the direction of Dahriyya, but non-residents are forbidden from entering it. The village is close to the fence. Children have to walk 4,5 km to and from school. BP military man the CP. Dir-Razza – We visited our friend N., who had many stories to tell, among them of the nightly patrols of the military in the village, which is in area C (and thus allowed). The view from the place is breathtaking. But, one can detect from there the new neighborhood that is being built on the more seized lands. (We have reported to Dror from Peace Now). Between Dir-Razza and Dura el-Pawar we came across a flying CP, although no Palestinian vehicle moves here, only vehicles with yellow numbers.Dura el-Pawar – The pillbox is manned. Traffic flows. Har Manoach – Pillbox manned and a bulldozer in the parking lot. Sheep junction: Women with newborn babies, right out from the hospital, have to go on foot the 500 m in the dust among the taxis of Hebron and those of Yatta. We have a long friendly talk with them and it warms our heart when we feel that our feelings are reciprocated. We went also and visited again the house that was seized by the procedure of “straw widow” a week before. We took pictures of the damage the soldiers left: plastic bags with excrement were thrown out and they urinated straight from the windows by our civilized soldiers. The woman complained that she was not able to visit a doctor, because of the problems between the zones: A, B, and C. We gave them the phone numbers of Doctors for Human Rights.Shiuch-Hebron – No military. Pedestrians cross road 60. We did not enter Hebron: Purim. Halhul-Hebron bridge: Traffic flows. Zif junction: The gate was open and the boulders removed. Pillbox on route 356: manned, and a base surrounds it. The cameras on the road photograph constantly. Congo CP – There are soldiers but no passers-by. Switz CP – The same.