Hebron

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Nurit Popper (Photos), Michal (Photos and report); Translator: Tal H.
Feb-14-2017
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Morning

We drove straight to Hebron to meet Mufid and Zaidan Shaharabati who live opposite the Hadassah House, so there is much to report and document about their especially difficult lives here.

As we arrived, they were escorting representative of the PA and the Hebron municipality to an abandoned house adjacent to Tarpat Checkpoint. The Israeli army tried to enter this house last week and has not allowed its owner to renovate. Except for one attempt to return to the house two years ago which also failed, the house has been standing deserted ever since the Baruch Goldstein massacre*.

From the roof of this house one can easily understand why the army and the colonists wish to take over, and why they won’t let its owners come back and renovate.

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Life that has frozen here  is visible in every corner, but this strategic asset will probably pass into the hands of the army and its colonists eventually.

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We then entered Mufid’s house and Nurit filmed videos in which he speaks of harsh events that reflect his life and his family’s in this problematic place.
“Forgive me, some Jews might be angry at me for saying this, but we live here in a ghetto. Prisoners in jail are entitled to more rights than we are” says Mufid. The videos will be mailed separately.

The residents are inviting us all to the protest demonstration on Friday, February 26, calling to put an end to the ghetto on the anniversary of the Goldstein massacre*.

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The settler with the mirror

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6Oh4B_ELmc

The difficulties in the area

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiVqJbqm824

The abandoned house

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSZcPfUUPw4

The injury

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoNOqlWx-WQ

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*On February 24, 1994, colonist physician Baruch Goldstein entered the Ibrahimi Mosque on Purim Day, shot to death 29 Palestinians (and wounded 125) who were praying there. Consequently Israel placed the Old City of Hebron under tight restrictive control and siege conditions, with the pretext of preventing revenge actions by Palestinians against the Jewish colonists in this part of the city.