Random photos from morning patrol

A group of ISMers went for a morning patrol today, before heading off to have coffee with some of our friends from CPT. Like most patrols, this one was about an hour long.
Here are some photos.

A Palestinian girl yells "hello" at Israeli Border Police on the other side of the fence, where she is not allowed to go.

Israeli soldiers listen to a lecture of some sort in the settlement.

Two Palestinian women stopped at a checkpoint. Their IDs were taken and scrutinized before being returned back to them.

The same two women stopped at a second checkpoint, by other Border Police officers who searched their bags.

They were stopped a third time at yet another checkpoint, close to the Ibrahimi Mosque. Their bags were searched yet again and they were questioned.

Yesterday, the Israeli Army built portable mini-homes on top of their base, from which soldiers can better see Palestinians below them.

The man in the blue shirt and jeans is a plainclothes Palestinian police officer. We witnessed him and another colleague checking a young man's ID.

Some Palestinians say these guys do a lot of good, since they focus on crime committed by some Palestinians against other Palestinians- crime that the Israeli military often turns a blind eye to.

Others say they collaborate with the Israeli government, and are a tool of the occupation. 

Like all other Palestinians in H2, they are not allowed to carry guns.

A large group of Israeli soldiers file out of a bus. They are new soldiers coming to Hebron.

The new soldiers get to meet their best friends and the people they are there to serve, the settlers.

Going on a walk through the city they now will have the job of occupying.