IMAGE: Segregated street for Palestinians, Jews in Hebron

By Noam Sheizaf February 15, 2012 | Edit

The West Bank has several highways on which Palestinians are not allowed to travel, but in Hebron, even a main street divides the settlers and the local Palestinians.

This picture was taken on Monday on the Shuhada street in Hebron:

IMAGE: Segregated street for Palestinians, Jews in Hebron

Segrageted Shuhada street in Hebron, February 2012 (photo: Hithabrut-Tarabut)

Note who gets the bigger part of the road… well, nobody in Hebron ever claimed that separate is equal.

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A day of international solidarity with the Palestinian people of Hebron will take place on February 24. A protest march is planned, details [Hebrew] here.

Noam Sheizaf is an independent journalist and editor. He was the founding executive director and editor-in-chief of +972 Magazine. Prior to joining +972, he worked for Tel Aviv’s Ha-ir local paper, Ynet, and the Maariv daily, where his last position was deputy editor of the weekend magazine. He is currently working on a number of documentary films.

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