• Violation: setting up a metal gate
• Location:  Halhul – Hebron
• Date:  October 23, 2018
• Perpetrators: Israeli Occupation Forces
• Victims: residents of Hebron governorate.

 

Description:

On March 05, 2018,  Israeli Occupation Forces set up a metal gate at the northern entrance of Halhul , north Hebron governorate.

It is reported that a force from the occupation army encircled the area, set up a gate on the northern entrance in “Al-Hawawir junction” , and closed it, the closure continued for a week.

Photos 1-3: The metal gate on the northern entrance of Halhul.

 

These are one of the Israeli collective punishment policies, obstructing Palestinians’ movement, and make them go longer ways to reach their destinations are violations of international laws and conventions, here are some of examples:

 

• The road from the metal gate location to As-Sahm gas station is 300 meters, now that the road is blocked, citizens will go through bypass 60 to reach the gas station (7 kilometers), this is the same road citizens whose houses are isolated behind the gate have to go through to reach down town.

 

• Most cars coming from the northern cities of west bank to Hebron pass through the northern entrance of Halhul (5 kilometers) , now the road takes (8 kilometers) through the bypass road to Hebron city entrance.

 

• The road from the metal gate towards the center of Halhul city takes (3 kilometer) , now that the road is closes, citizens have to pass through a (5 kilometers) road.

 

Israel set up 28 gates at the entrances of Palestinian villages, town and refugee camps in Hebron governorate, not mentioning the several checkpoints in the heart of Hebron and its Old City.

 

The following table illustrates the locations of metal gates in Hebron until 2018:

 

No.	Town\village\ camp	Location of gate	Links
			From	To
1	Al-Dhahiriya	Rabud village	Bypass road no.60	Al-Dhahiriya
2	Dura	Al-Fawwar junction	Bypass road no.60	Dura
3	Al-Fawwar camp	Entrance of Al-Fawwar	Bypass road no.60	Al-Fawwar camp
4	Susiya	West of the village	Susiya	Yatta
5	Yatta	Zif junction	Bypass road no. 3017	Yatta
6	Al-Samou;	Al-Simiya town	Bypass road no.60	Al-Samou’
7	Beit Einun	Beit Einun junction\north	Bypass road no.60	Khirbet Beit Einun
8	Beit Einun junction	Beit Einun junction\south	Bypass road no.60	Hebron
9	Beit Ummar	Entrance of the village	Bypass road no.60	Beit Ummar
10	Al-Arrub Camp	In front of Al-Arrub collage	Bypass road no.60	Al-Arrub camp
11	Al-Arrub Camp	In front of Israeli watchtower	Bypass road no.60	Al-Arrub camp
12	Beit Awwa	Al-Buq’a	Beit Awwa	Dura
13	Al-Majid	Al-Buq’a	Beit Awwa	Al-Majid
14	Fuqeiqis	Next to Negohot colony	Dura	Villages of west Dura
15	Al-Dhahiriya	Wad Al-Khalel	AL-Dhahiriya	Al-Dhahiriya crossing
16	Surif	North of the town	Surif	Al- Jab’a
17	Idhna	Al-Layyeh	Bypass road no.35	Idhna
18	Hebron western entrance	Farsh Al-Hawa	Bypass road no.35	Hebron
19	Hebron northern entrance	Jurat Buhlus	Bypass road no.35	Hebron
20	Beit Awwa	Al-Buq’a	Dura	AL-Buq’a junction
21	Hebron southern entrance	Al-Fahs	Bypass road no.60	Hebron
22	Yatta	Al-Fahs	Bypass road no.60	Yatta
23	Idhna	Tarqumiya	Bypass road no.35	Idhna and Tarqumiya
24	Wad Al-Shajina	The village entrance	Wad Al-Shajina	Al-Dhahiriya-Hebron road
25	Bani Na’im	Yaqin	Bypass road no.60	Bani Na’im
26	Al-Buq’a	Al-Jalajil	Bypass road no.60	Al-Jalajil
27	Khursa	Khursa junction	Dura	Western villages
28	Halhul	Al-Hawawir Junction	Bypass road no.60	Halhul town

 

 

 

 

 

Legal Commentary:

The constringing policy  by the Israel occupation authorities   towards the Palestinian civilians in all West Bank’s governorate including closing roads and obstructing their movement  can only be regarded as a violation of their right in the liberty of movement pledged by all  international conventions  and agreements like:

The  Universal Declaration of Human Rights(1948) article(13) states:

• Every person has the right of liberty of movement and to choose his place of residence inside the borders of each country.
• Each person has the right to depart  or to come back  to any country including his country.

The Universal Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of  Racial Discrimination (1965) article 3(5)paragrah2-d

• Every person has the right of liberty of movement and to choose his place of residence inside the borders of each country.
• Each person has the right to depart  or to come back  to any country including his country.

The Universal covenant on civil and political rights (1966) article(12-3)

• Each person legally has the liberity to move and to select his residence place.

 

Prepared by
 The Land Research Center
LRC