Christian Peacemaker Teams / Operation Dove

Masafer Yatta/South Hebron Hills- On Sunday, December 20, the Israeli army disrupted transportation of children and teachers from Al-Fakheit school to their homes. The Palestinian driver, accompanied by one CPTer, was on his way to pick up children and teachers after school when, at about 1 pm, soldiers in a Humvee followed and stopped the pickup truck used as a school bus. The soldiers confiscated the driver’s ID, searched the truck and personal belongings in it, and ordered that the driver follow them to a field south of Jinba. [...]

Palestinian children in one part of the West Bank have been given military protection as they make their way to school because of attacks by Israeli settlers. Dominic Waghorn reports.

Seth Freedman – guardian.co.uk, Monday 14 December 2009 10.00 GMT

International excitement about the West Bank settlement freeze means little to those facing the sharp end of Israeli military rule Within minutes of our arrival in Tuwani, in the south Hebron hills of the West Bank, an army Jeep rolled into the village and shattered the mid-morning tranquillity. “We’re turning this place into a closed military zone,” announced the stern-faced commander to anyone within earshot. Brandishing his rifle in one hand and a military document in the other, he proceeded to explain that “I decide who can be here and who can’t, and anyone who isn’t a resident has to leave immediately”.