Att öppna en gata

Huvudgatan i gamla stan i Hebron är stängd - för palestinier.

Engagerade människor arrangerar en manifestation den 25 februari för att åter öppna den gata som en gång i tiden var pulserande av liv och torghandel. Palestinierna vill åter få gå på gatan, använda huvudingången till sitt hus och slippa klättra på taket. Säkert drömmer de också om att kunna ha bilen utanför huset, veta att ambulansen kan komma hela vägen fram till sin ingång om det krävs, men en promenad är ett första steg.

Jag blir så engagerad och skulle kunna skriva och skriva och skriva om Hebron men jag lägger in några bilder nedan från en rundtur vintern 2007 (internationella och israeler får använda gatan)och länkar nedan.

M från Breaking the Silence berättar om sin tid i den israeliska militärer och sin tid i Hebron

Öde gata

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Här kan du läsa min text om Hebron och Shuhada street från 2007 >>>

Nedan kan du läsa Zleikha Muhtaseb text, en äldre kvinna boendes på Shuhada street och som inte använt sin huvudingång på mycket länge:

What it means to re-open Shuhada Street...

Many people migh think why do we need to have Shuhada Street open... it's one of the most important streets in Hebron, as it connects the northern part of the city to the south. Not only this, it also connects people... many people have lost their social life when the Street was closed, because their relatives and friends do not like to be stopped at the check-points or in the streets when they come to visit. And when they visited in the past, it used to be a walking distance, but now they need to take a detour around the city to get to the house they desire. People now think ten times when they plan a visit to house at Shuhada Street. First, they have to consider the time that they will take for the visit, and the money they will spend. Many people lost their businesses when Shuhada Street was closed and the job opportunities are less available these day than before, so they have to think money wise.

Personally, I live at Shuhada Street but I can't use my front door because I am Palestinian. My neighbours made an opening in their wall to make me a passage so that I don't become a hostage in my house. In fact I live like a prisoner in my house. I have installed some wire fence on my balconies to be protected from the stones "gifts" that the settlers always throw at the house. Before the fence, I could not open my shutters. If by mistake I left the shutters open, I would immediately recieve the "gifts" from these settlers. I still recieve these "gifts" but they do not hit me like before. I collected these "gifts" and used them to decorate my garden and wrote the word "peace" in Arabic.

It's really hard to live where I am because everything is closed, I used to go shopping nearby, but now if I go shopping, I need to walk a distance and carry my shopping because I can't bring my shopping home in a car. One time I had a sever kidney pain, I could not have the ambulance in front of my door to go to the hospital. My brother's house is 2 minutes walk from Shuhada, but I need to walk about 20 minutes to get to his house.

The Israeli army and police always tell us that they are in the area for the protection of both Palestinians and Israelis, but in fact, they stormed my house 3 times in one week to check about a complaint from a soldier that some children threw stones at the street from my house, although I live only with my mother and have no children. Many times the settler children and youth threw stones at my house and I filed complaints to the soldiers and police, and they did nothing to stop it. Opening Shuhada Street is a big need for peace and humanity.

Zleikha Muhtaseb, Shuhada Street