Hursa - the pillbox does not allow free access to the divan

Place:

Khursa

Sansana (Meitar Crossing)

South Hebron Hills

Tags:

Ramadan

Observers:

Hagit (watching, reporting and photographing); Translator: Natanya

May-6-2019

Morning

The pillbox in Khursa

Today the checkpoint is busy and tomorrow it will be closed.

With a heavy heart after another round of alarms and safe rooms Be'er Sheva looks like an abandoned city. While there is no protection for the unrecognized Bedouin villages, when Gaza is like the ghetto and the heart aches for their suffering, and our friends in the south were already choking with a scream and a cry for peace, when Steinitz declares that it will be like this for thirty years, when I know that the word peace was deleted from the lexicon, I went on our shift.

I did not have the strength to go to Hebron. To meet the Smotriches it's difficult.

Ramadan began today and with the heat everything looks deserted and sad.

And only the names of the settlements resonate in fine Hebrew,

Negohot

Eshkolot

In the picture, the pillbox is in Khursa with signs pointing to more settlements.

The wall next to Eshkolot settlement

In the picture is the wall next to Eshkolot which has been brought into the State of Israel. They took lands belonging to the people of Dahariya to do so.

Sansana (Meitar) checkpoint

The parking at the Meitar checkpoint which today is almost exploding with cars and people, and tomorrow there will be silence because of the closure info-icon on the occasion of Memorial Day and Independence Day.

It's hard to live in the Middle East. The finger that tries to plug the dam of evil is almost broken today

Location Description

Yata / Southern Hebron hills

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Yatta is a city located in the South Hebron Hills region. It is located in the border zone between the fertile area of Hebron and its surroundings and the desert of the Hebron Hills. Yatta has about 64,000 inhabitants. The surrounding villages are called Masafar 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, a number of 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 the withholding of 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. Road blocks 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

רהווה - אצל משפחת אלתקה. הילדים עם הצעצועים שהבאנו

Apr-14-2024

Muhammad D.

Rahwe - at the Altaka family. The children with the toys we brought

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Meitar

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Sansana (Meitar Crossing)

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The checkpoint is located on the Green Line and serves as a border crossing between Israel and the West Bank. It is managed by the Border Crossing Authority of the Defense Ministry. It is comprised of sections for the transfer of goods as well as a vehicle checkpoint (intended for holders of blue identity cards, foreign nationals or diplomats and international organizations). Passing of Palestinians is prohibited, except for those with entry permits to Israel. Palestinians are permitted to cross on foot only. The crossing has a DCO (District Coordination Office), a customs unit, supervision, and a police unit.

In the last year, a breach has been opened in the fence, not far from the crossing. This breach is known to all, including the army. There does not appear to be any interest in blocking it, probably as it permits needed Palestinian workers without the bureaucratic permits to get to work in Israel. Food stalls and a parking area economy have been created, but incidents of violent abuse by border police have also been recorded.

Updated April 2022

Al Marajam-Khursa

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Khursa is a small village of about 2,500 inhabitants in Area A, on a hill on the way to Negohot settlement. At the end of September 2017, a pillbox watchtower was set up in the heart of the village, adjacent to the village's diwan, which is a sort of community center for celebrations such as weddings, or used as mourning tent. The army declared the place a closed military zone. In 2018, we saw another aggravation: a barrier of about 50 m, which divides the road into two, and a prohibition on passing vehicles, and then also a prohibition on pedestrians, who have to walk around on a dirt road - during winter on a mud road. Since the checkpoint was established, the army has required special permits to hold an event in Diwan and the permits must be requested at least two days in advance. Of course, the dying are not always cooperative ...

together with the villagers we wondered what the meaning of this strange barrier in Area A, which is supposed to be under full control of the Palestinian Authority. Conclusion: It seems that in order to secure the way to the Negohot, the residents are forced to live with a closed military zone and a watchtower in the village center, and suffer many restrictions. (From Watch Checkpoint reports).

Recently, the Israeli authorities began, in the middle of the night, to pave a new bypass road from the nearby village Fuqeiqis to Negohot, Trying to establish facts and aiming to enlarge the settlement.

Updated in April 2021 by Anat T.

בדרך לרהווה - עם 2 הפועלים הפלסטינים שעובדים במפעל בשדרות

Apr-14-2024

Muhammad D.

On the way to Rahwe - With the 2 Palestinian workers who work at the factory in Sderot

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