Deir Sharaf, Mon 1.6.09, Morning
7:25 Shvut Ami has been "evacuated," but there's a wooden structure on the side of the hill. An army Hummer is parked on the side on a dirt path.
7:30 Jit junction is clear and traffic flows freely but here too there's an army Hummer parked on the roadside, ready for action…
7:35 Deir Sharaf (Barrels) checkpoint
Free passage into Nablus. Cars leaving are checked by the roadside, which allows those not selected for inspection to continue through freely. No dog handler.
A man and woman are reaping the harvest with a sickle in a field next to the checkpoint, and gathering it into sheaves by hand.
A driverless car with an Israeli plate is parked outside the checkpoint. A taxis arrives later from Nablus with an Israeli Palestinian woman who stayed with relatives in Nablus and returned by taxi.
Cars are inspected thus: There are always two cars by the roadside, one being inspected and the second waiting its turn. When a car is stopped for inspection at the entrance to Nablus a long line forms immediately, but it rapidly disappears.
The telephone number of the DCO is printed in red on the concrete barriers that indicate where the checkpoint starts.
8:15 We leave.
Deir Sharaf checkpoint
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Deir Sharaf checkpoint is located west of Nablus and south of the settlement of Shavei Shomron, at the entrance to the village of Deir Sharaf on the road leading to Nablus. The checkpoint was activated in early March 2009 after the Beit Iba checkpoint was closed. Palestinians are allowed through the checkpoint , but not for Israelis. Unlike the checkpoints leading to Qalqilya and Tulkarm, crossing of Israeli Palestinians is only allowed on Saturdays.
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