At the Checkpoint
Machsom Watch in sleepless in Gaza & Jerusalem
Report date:
05/04/2010
"Sleepless in Gaza...and Jerusalem" is a video diary about young Palestinian women, Muslim and Christian, living in Gaza and Jerusalem/The West Bank. Listen to what the Israeli women have to say about occupation and its practices and why are they watching checkpoints and documenting abuse! Meet "Machsom Watch" and tell us: Do you think the checkpoint commander found Ashira cute or the most annoying person he had met on duty?
Detainee at Huwwara Checkpoint
Report date:
29/10/2009
3:12
The story of one man who was detained at the Huwwara checkpoint, a checkpoint which was presumably removed.
Filme by Yehudith Levin.
Interviewed by Fathiya Akfa.
Translation from Arabic by Hasan Masri.
מחסום קלנדיה - רמדאן 2009
Report date:
17/09/2009
10:00
Residents of the northern and central West Bank have to go
through the Qalandia checkpoint to get to El Aksa. On the Fridays during the
Ramadan women over the age of 30 and men over the age of 45 can get permits to go through. Women over the age of 45 and man over 50 do not need permis.
Tens of thousands get to Qalandia hoping to get to the prayers on time,
thousands go through and still thousands are left behind. This is what it looks
like.
Filmed by Hadass Shuve and Merav Amir.
Edited by Hadass Shuve.
Translation from Arabic by Hasan Masri.
Ras Atiya Checkpoint
Report date:
04/09/2009
4:32
The checkpoint of Ras Atiya separates the villages in the seam line enclave of Ras A-Tira from the rest of the West Bank. At 6:30 AM a truck with a permit to transport building materials arrives at the checkpoint. The truck is loaded with building stones. The soldiers detain the truck for long hours and eventually force the truck owner to unload the truck at the checkpoint. The truck owner then has to pay for reloading the truck.
Atara/Birzeit checkpoint
Report date:
12/07/2009
6:37
The Israeli Ministry of Defense announced that the Atara/Birzeit checkpoint was removed, but in actuality the checkpoint still operates occasionally. On Jul 12 2009 a minibus loaded with passengers arrived at the checkpoint at 3:15 PM, the passengers were allowed to continue on their way only five hours later, during which they suffered a long series of maltreatments by the soldiers.
Filmed by Tamar Fleishman
Early Morning in Eyal Checkpoint
Report date:
19/05/2009
5:37
In order to get to work inside Israel Palestinians from the West Bank have to cross several checkpoints. Eyal Checkpoint is the last one. Long lines form in front of the checkpoint from around midnight of workers wishing to get to work on time in the morning.
Filmed by Merav Amir
Transfering Patients in a Back to Back Method
Report date:
23/11/2008
1:04
Because of the restrictions on the movement of Palestinian vehicles in the West Bank which Israel imposes, patients have to be transferred from one ambulance to the other on their way to- and from the hospital. In this case a kidney patient after an operation is transferred to a different ambulance in the Qalandia checkpoint.
Filmed by Tamar Fleishman.
Jubara Seam-Line Enclave
Report date:
18/11/2008
2:16
The route of the separation fence which runs east of the Green Line creates enclaves of Palestinian villages and towns. These villages and towns are isolated from the rest of the West Bank, only people who live in them are allowed by the Israeli army to enter them.
The Entrance to Bethlehem Checkpoint
Report date:
10/11/2008
9:13
Thousands of people have to wait in line for hours on their way to work. This is the line leading to the checkpoint itself. Inside the checkpoint they will have to go through additional checks and wait once more in long lines.
Click here to read the full report.
Filmed by Neta Efroni.
