Hebron, Sansana (Meitar Crossing), South Hebron Hills

We had not been in Hebron for a long time, both because of the corona constraints and also because the events in the southern Hebron Mountains which followed one after another and we traveled a lot there.

First of all, the "11" checkpoint which is a breach in the fence through which workers travel with no difficulty.

The breach in the fence near the Meitar checkpoint has  not been repaired, of course. If I believed in the necessity of a checkpoint and a wall, I would be very worried. Meanwhile the stupidity is inconceivable.

The image of a gas station mounted on a car somewhere proves once again how true the statement is: "Necessity is the father of invention."

In Hebron:

A new pillbox has been  built on the route for Jewish worshipers and the whole area seems to have different security deployment. At the entrance to the city, posters have been added about the sanctity of the “city of the fathers”. Graffiti were added, which include the Star of David, Palestinian homes. The silence is tense after the  events a week earlier between settlers and Palestinians. A ghost town.

Idris comes out at our request and proudly shows the certificate he received from the Jewish community in Hebron for his humane behavior in several cases in the past. A rare man is Idris who insists on rescuing anyone who gets into trouble and does not care that he is a Jew . (We have spoken  about this before). Idris talks about the difficult situation in the city as he sees it. Without going into details and without taking a stand, I will only say that there are difficult relations amongst the Palestinians themselves.  Both the Palestinian Authority and the occupation authorities are reaping the benefits (each from their own motives) from the internal conflicts and disagreements.

Again the carrot and the stick has always  existed and is a practice that serves the ruler.

Opposite the cave of the desolate Patriarchal Cave, Abed has opened his shop in the hope of earning a little money anyway.

The situation is very difficult and the shop owners look exhausted and despairing.

Female  security guards hurry to find out who we are when we leave Abed's shop.

We also drove to the Jaber family who lived at the foot of the Nofei Mamre neighborhood. Under a huge mulberry tree and next to fig trees laden with fruit and the vines, lives Yusri,  Ate Jaber's brother, in a "house" with his pregnant wife and their two young daughters. The dissonance between this wonderful orchard and this residential structure screams to heaven. The lands of the family were stolen and cut off  by the builders of Kiryat Arba and this thievery of land has  not ended