Hebron, South Hebron Hills, Susiya, Zif Junction

שתפו:

מקום או מחסום:

Hebron

South Hebron Hills

Susiya

Zif Junction

צופות ומדווחות:

Hagit and Rivkale; Translator: Natanya

14/11/2016

בוקר

A few words in advance.

The association with accompanied us all the way on our shift was from the last book of songs of Yehuda Amichai.

“Open, closed, open”

I find myself again and again watching the world spread around me and opposite and in the extended hand of Amichai which points to the reality exactly as it is. As if was, as it will be , as an illusion, as dreamed and as betrayed in a way that only the reality as invented by a great poet can be .

Amichai wrote: "I want a God who is visible and not seeing, so I can guide him and tell him what he doesn't see.” (Translated by Karen Alkalay-Gut)

So God who does not see or sees too much or those who fight over him and do not know which God is the one who decides and who is important.

So what happened today all of a sudden?

Deir Razih (the entrance from road 60)

Beni Naim from the south eastern side (the entrance on road 356)

A-Tuwani (the entrance to Yatta from road 317)

What was closed today?

The entrance for the school in Susiya from Yatta and from Samoa….the teachers have to get there through the Ziv crossroads which takes an hour at least.

Next to the school we saw this young woman carrying water. So it is when you live under the occupation. No pipe leads to the house.

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And here is the link to the video.: https://youtu.be/IvlkOAZd5jo

Hebron is Hebron

Shuhada street is closed. The neighborhood of the Palestiniahn it is Rumeida is closed. At the top of the checkpoint of Tel Rumeida it is impossible to pass and we hear from Imad and Mofid that the archaological digs are continuing and now more towards the bottom next to the home of Isa. Therefore it is not permitted to pass through the steps to the Cordoba school.

On the Path of the Worshippers we see the following graffiti…not the first time and one’s heart aches each time as this is the spirit of the commander.

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Our account with the occupation is also open…..what does it do them, what is it doing to us.

NB We spoke to another five Palestinians who asked for Sylvie’s help in having the ban on them about the entry into Jerusalem removed.

תיאור המקום

Hebron

להצגת כל הדוחות ממקום זה

According to Wye Plantation Accords (1997), Hebron is divided in two: H1 is under Palestinian Authority control, H2 is under Israeli control. In Hebron there are 170,000 Palestinian citizens, 60,000 of them in H2. Between the two areas are permanent checkpoints info-icon , manned at all hours, preventing Palestinian movement between them and controlling passage of permit holders such as teachers and schoolchildren. Some 800 Jews live in Avraham Avinu Quarter and Tel Rumeida, on Givat HaAvot and in the wholesale market.

Checkpoints observed in H2:

Bet Hameriva CP- manned with a pillbox
Kapisha quarter CP (the northern side of Zion axis) - manned with a pillbox
The 160 turn CP (the southern side of Zion axis) - manned with a pillbox
Avraham Avinu quarter - watch station
The pharmacy CP - checking inside a caravan with a magnometer
Tarpat (1929) CP - checking inside a caravan with a magnometer
Tel Rumeida CP - guarding station
Beit Hadassah CP - guarding station

Three checkpoints around the Tomb of the Patriarchs

תעודת ההוקרה שקיבל אדריס המנוח מהישוב היהודי בחברון כשהציל יהודי מלינץ כשטעה בדרך

27/03/2024

Michal Tsadik

תעודת ההוקרה שקיבל אדריס המנוח מהישוב היהודי בחברון כשהציל יהודי מלינץ כשטעה בדרך

הצג את האלבום המלא

Zif Junction

להצגת כל הדוחות ממקום זה

Connects to Road 356 to Yata - the district city of the southern Hebron Mountains. Usually open to traffic and the nearby pillbox is unmanned. But the army and police are present from time to time, sometimes setting up a checkpoint and sometimes detaining residents of the big city. Sometimes the Israeli police inspects vehicles and distribute driving reports to Palestinian vehicles..

Yata / Southern Hebron hills

להצגת כל הדוחות ממקום זה

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

10/04/2024

Muhammad D.

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הצג את האלבום המלא

Susiya

להצגת כל הדוחות ממקום זה

The Palestinian area lies between the settlement of Susya and a military base.
The residents began to settle in areas outside the villages in the 1830s and lived in caves, tents and sukkot. To this day they maintain a traditional lifestyle and their livelihood is based on agriculture and herding. Until the 1948 war, the farmers cultivated areas that extended to the Arad area. As a result of the war, a significant portion of their land left on the Israeli side was lost. After the 1967 war and the Israeli occupation, military camps were established in the area, fire zones and nature reserves were declared, and the land area was further reduced.

The Jewish settlement in Susya began in 1979. Since then, there has been a stubborn struggle to remove the remains of Palestinian residents who refuse to leave their place of birth and move to nearby town Yatta. With the development of a tourist site in Khirbet Susya in the late 1980s (an ancient synagogue), dozens of families living in caves in its vicinity were deported. In the second half of the 1990s, a new form of settlement developed in the area - shepherds' farms of individual settlers. This phenomenon increased the tension between the settlers and the original, Palestinian residents, and led to repeated harassment of the residents of the farms towards the Palestinians. At the same time, demolition of buildings and crop destruction by security forces continued, as well as water and electricity prevention. In the Palestinian Susya, as in a large part of the villages of the southern Hebron Mountains, there is no running water, but the water pipe that supplies water to the Susya Jewish settlement passes through it. Palestinians have to buy expensive water that comes in tankers. Solar electricity is provided by a collector system, installed with donation funds. But the frequent demolitions in the villages do not spare water cisterns or the solar panels and power poles designed to transfer solar electricity between the villages.

Updated April 2021, Anat T.

חזרה לדף חיפוש דוחות

Hebron, South Hebron Hills, Susiya, Zif Junction

תעודת ההוקרה שקיבל אדריס המנוח מהישוב היהודי בחברון כשהציל יהודי מלינץ כשטעה בדרך

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