Hebron

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Observers: 
Ra'ya Ye'or and Nina Berger (reporting); Translator: Hanna K.
Apr-13-2016
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Morning

We entered Hebron by way of Giv'at Gal – a number of ever increasing caravans near the industrial zone B of Kiryat Arba. The CP to Hebron, A area, was opened today. M. says that yesterday it was still shut.

 

The synagogue "Hazon David" is ruined and soldiers are watching.

At the way up Zir Zion, Abu Salah with his cart is unable to transfer fruit and vegetables to the grocery, because the road is blocked by an earth and junk mound. The Kfir soldiers keep watch.

 

We go up to the Beit Ha-Shalom. We stopped to exchange a few words with a well accessorized soldier who said to us "you aren't leftists, are you?"

There is an increased presence of soldiers in all the Shuhada and Tel Roumeida area. Their faces clearly indicate that they are watchful and that they meticulously survey the neighborhood.

 

The bend 160 checkpoint is being enlarged and overhauled. A crane lifts and places prefabricated watch-structures.

 

At Abed's shop there was a guide for Christian tourists. He knows Bethlehem well but not Hebron, so we explained to him the partition and structure of the quarter. The sight of the dozens of shut shops made him emit sighs of despair and sorrow. We mounted to Tel Roumeida and a soldier ordered us aggressively to make a turnabout immediately. At the Hebron Shiyuh intersection the passage is closed from both sides by big concrete cubes on which Israeli flags are painted.

 

The road which connects Hebron with Bani Na'im is closed. The is no passage. On the hill at the side of the road there is a pillbox with soldiers.