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Believe it or not, but Hebron is a bustling, thriving city. Breaking the Silence tour participants are shown a very restricted fragment of the old town area, walking along one long street, known as King David Street to Israelis and as Shuhada (Martyrs) Street to Palestinians, before turning off at the end up another street and along a dirt track to visit local Palestinian activist group Youth Against Settlements. Tour participants then retrace their steps and head back to the beginning of their linear route to be driven back to Tel Aviv or Jerusalem. The few streets in which Palestinian civilians are restricted compromise less than 1% of the entire city. The vast majority of the city does not undergo the restrictions imposed on the roads shown by Breaking the Silence.
To be sure, the streets in this area are worthy of attention, with Palestinian citizens prevented from walking and driving in much of them due to restrictions imposed after repeated outbreaks of violence. This is a complex place riven with decades-old tensions, violence and mutual mistrust. More than anywhere else, the effects are seen most clearly on these streets. But there’s a lot more to Hebron than this narrow section of the city.
Given that Breaking the Silence tour participants are taken straight back to Tel Aviv or Jerusalem before they have a chance to explore the city for themselves, they don’t get a chance to see Hebron life beyond the narrow confines of the few streets on the tour. An entire city is literally reduced to a few unrepresentative roads.
(full article online)
Five Facts About Hebron You Won’t Learn on a Breaking the Silence Tour
To be sure, the streets in this area are worthy of attention, with Palestinian citizens prevented from walking and driving in much of them due to restrictions imposed after repeated outbreaks of violence. This is a complex place riven with decades-old tensions, violence and mutual mistrust. More than anywhere else, the effects are seen most clearly on these streets. But there’s a lot more to Hebron than this narrow section of the city.
Given that Breaking the Silence tour participants are taken straight back to Tel Aviv or Jerusalem before they have a chance to explore the city for themselves, they don’t get a chance to see Hebron life beyond the narrow confines of the few streets on the tour. An entire city is literally reduced to a few unrepresentative roads.
(full article online)
Five Facts About Hebron You Won’t Learn on a Breaking the Silence Tour