The Settler Tour To Incite Hatred
Messages from the Local Community of the old city in Hebron
" For four years I see the settler tour every Saturday, this affect us in different ways. We feel humiliated and helpless.
Shopkeepr in the Old City.
Women in Hebron
Now the tour comes closer to the Palestinian neighborhoods near the Hebron Rehabilitation Committee offices. It occurs every Saturday from 3:00 to 3:30, and soldiers accompany the tour. The tour was started by settlers living in Hebron. They promoted the tour with the website www.hebron.com and now settlers come from all over.
The tour has an effect on Palestinians and their children. It goes through the TIPH Park where children play, and this makes parents and children anxious.
Walid Abu Al Halawahe
Public Relation in Hebron Rehabilitation Committee
" It's scary because soldiers would stop us from passing till they finish, it is kind of movement restriction, it scares our kids because they play sometimes in these areas. They are afraid to go anywhere during the tour.
Two years ago they threw stone at our house."
Mother in the Old City.
The tour gives legitimacy to the settlements because Internationals participate. It has a negative effect on tourism in Palestine, and it furthers Israel’s plan to support colonization thru claiming Hebron as part of Jewish heritage.
Hebron Governer
