Tulkarem and Qalqiliya, Sun 21.10.07, Afternoon
Qalqiliya,
On the way to Qalqiliya
Jit Junction: not a checkpoint (it’s not a Palestinian holiday today – as last week).
Two young women settlers, one playing a guitar, on the hilltop which we have observed is sometimes crawling with young settlers, probably about to take over yet another hilltop!
15:45 Qalqiliya 15:45
A long line of vehicles, 12-15 trucks and cars, waiting to enter Qalqiliya, Israeli cars are checked to see if they have permits to visit family, Palestinian vehicles not checked at all. No checking of vehicles leaving the city. There is order and method in the way the Border Police work here, smoothly and efficiently.
15:45 — one touching incident to report on today: one of the soldiers goes over to a donkey cart and his kefiya-headed owner, handing him the soldiers’ surplus bagged sliced bread!
Qalqiliya checkpoint
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Qalqilya is surrounded on all sides by the separation barrier. The only exit from the city is in the east of the city on the road that leaves the city in an easterly direction. This is where the checkpoint was located. When the checkpoint was active until 2009 our shifts watched long queues of cars being inspected at the only exit from the city to the West Bank. The checkpoint was canceled, but there is a military presence at the entrance to the city.
Ronit Dahan-RamatiAug-31-2026Nabi Elias. The gate is closed
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