Hebron: Technically Palestinian, Settlers illegally occupy buildings

©David B. Fankhauser, Ph.D.,
Professor of Biology and Chemistry
University of Cincinnati Clermont College,
Batavia OH 45103
Hebron is  ringed by checkpoints and walls
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16 July 2006
Settlers who illegally squat
 in apartments,  throw trash and concrete down on passersby


The access roads into Hebron all have Israeli checkpoints which may take anywhere from five minutes to two hours to pass through:



Israel often blocks Palestinian roads with concrete rubble to prevent movement by Palestinians between neighborhoods:



In Hebron:  a bakery makes pita, a shop sells local olives, the mosque housing Abraham's tomb sits adjacent to a synagogue (Site of a massacre of 27 Muslim worshipers by Dr. Goldstein several years back.) Women were required to completely cover up prior to entering the mosque.
   


Settlers have systematically squatted in apartments overlooking Hebron streets.  In the left picture, Israeli troops have established military posts to protect these settlers (note camoflague and the Israeli flag, in the middle of the officially Palestinian town.  In the right picture, settlers drop pieces of concrete and trash down on passersby below.  Hebron citizes have covered the openings with wire screen to protect walkers below from injury.
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The hills surrounding Hebron are covered with centuries-old olive groves.  Israel has defined such groves as "unoccupied," and has routinely confiscated these lands, chain sawed the trees, and erected settlements on the overlooking ridges.

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