Khursa - the village with a pillbox in its midst
We left through Meitar Checkpoint. The parking was full on both sides with Palestinian vehicles. The traders do not come to the checkpoint. Because there is no coordination, there are no more permits on paper notes. Adults over 55 are also not allowed to cross.
We decided to go back to Khursa, the village where the pill box stands planted in the center. Along the way we saw the remains of a fire near Eshtamoa, probably the fire that raged there on 5.6, when the residents were evacuated from their homes. According to the settlers, the fire was caused intentionally and also caused the water and electricity to be cut off from the locality.
Further down road 60, entrances to Samo', Abda and Deir Razih are open. We also did not notice any army presence along the way.
In Khursa , the residents seem to have become accustomed to pillbox and checkpoints on both its sides, which do not allow cars access to the Diwan and direct passage between parts of the village. The diwan looked deserted and abandoned, though a week earlier, a wedding had been held there.
It seems that the only thing the residents have control of is to hoist Palestinian flags in front of the Israeli symbol of control.
We talked to Taufik Shahaki who lives in front of the pillbox in his vineyard. There the occupation is not felt so much, it is a little bit of heaven. He said there were no special events in the last period. We talked about Iyad al-Halak and Taufik told about the arrests of young people for which there had been no particular reason.
We returned to Route 60 and at the Meitar checkpoint where someone added some pink color to the occupation.