Israel Closes Fureidis Hill in East Bethlehem

Bethlehem, MINTA – Israeli Forces on Tuesday closed Fureidis Hill area in East Bethlehem, Palestine.

Local sources said that Israeli authorities closed the Fureidis hill with barbed wire and installed checkpoint gates so that the Tamur sub-district, east Bethlehem was isolated.

While the Palestinian Authority’s Tourism Minister, Hamdan Taha said the Fureidis hill is an inseparable part of the Palestinian legacy that located under Israeli occupation. Therefore, Israel’s force control of the territory will not change anything.

“The Israeli invaders are trying to take advantage of historical heritage sites for the benefit of Israeli history that they have a Jewish historical existence in Palestinian land,” Taha added, thus the PIC reported.

He explained there are 7 thousand historic sites in Palestine, half of which are controlled by Israel and they prevent Palestinians from managing historical sites in the “C” area (areas determined by the Oslo Accord) including the Fureidis hill.

Fureidis has for years been attacked by acts violence of Israeli settlers as happened in the Jeb Dzaib region by seizing territory and controlling Palestinian territory by giving a warning letter for eviction.

Fureidis Hill is at 10 KM to East Bethlehem with a height of 758 above sea level and faces Bethlehem and Al-Quds in addition to the Dead Sea, and the Al-Quds Desert (Judean desert). This site contains important historic buildings. (T/R7/RE1)

Mi’raj News Agency (MINA)