Hebron
Hebron stories
Today was the day of the of leffists who dare be the Arabs - a Jewess and an Arab. We both have Israeli identity cards. They did not let us enter the entrance to Kiryat Arba. The new guard Neriah delayed us for about fifteen minutes. We did not obey to him and continued on our way.
We went to meet Idris, who was stabbed by settlers yesterday while he was working in his plot. The soldiers came and separated him from them and there was a big story.
The soldiers are the 890 Battalion of the paratroopers and they have been in Hebron for only a week. Idris lived near the spring quite far from the eyes of the regular settlers in Hebron, and apparently the friction was between him and yeshiva students and not the local residents. Anyway, yesterday Idris's son and two settlers were arrested and we came to express solidarity.
The soldiers delayed us for about an hour. They did not let us go up, and they did not want Idris to come down to us. They waited for the assess of the intelligence officer.
When it came he said: The area is very explosive and you contribute to this even more with your visit.
We gave the Idrises the phone numbers of lawyers and left.
In the pictures:
Graffiti near Idris's house.
The stairs to Idris' house, where the soldiers forced us to descend.