Reserve rooms at a hotel n the city center for Pesach (Passover). 1968 Refuse to leave and the military will let you move to the nearby
Reserve rooms at a hotel n the city center for Pesach (Passover). 1968
Refuse to leave and the military will let you move to the nearby military base. When the military wants you to move on, the. Government will build some housing for you on the outskirts of Hebron. Kiryat Arba, 1970
When your baby dies, let the women and children take the baby to the Palestinian cemetery in the center of the city for burial and stay there: Beit Hadassa, settlement #2, 1979
1980: a Yeshiva student is killed by a Palestinian gunman and settlers retaliate with car bombs. Israel recognizes the settlement of Beit Hadassa and allows the men to move in.
1984: Baruch Goldstein kills 29 Palestinian worshippers at the Ibrahimi mosque. 1989: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as part of the peace negotiations, divides the old city of Hebron into two areas – H1 for Palestinians and H2 for Israelis. A temporary measure until the settlers will be removed.
Second intifada, 2000-2002: violence in Hebron. Settlers attack children, streets are closed to Palestinians to keep settlers and Palestinians apart.
Today there are four settlements in Hebron’s old city and settlers have continued their attacks on Palestinians – destroying their goods in the market, throwing stones at schoolchildren. Roads are closed to Palestinians, including the main market; 1800 businesses have had to close; many Palesrininas find life too difficult and dangerous and move away.
–from Breaking the Silence tour today in Hebron
Tel Rumeida neighborhood, Hebron, where the Palestinian family had to fortify their entrance to protect from settler attacks by their neighbors across the street.