Beit Iba, Jit, Tue 20.11.07, Morning
On the way to Beit Iba we took a quick look to see what's going on in Shavei Shomron; it is completely closed and there were no soldiers in the area.
Beit Iba-07:30-09:00
The Beit Iba checkpoint is transforming in front of our very eyes: "no entrance" signs washed by the pouring rain, iron dividers, and an organized chaos. All those entering Nablus aren't inspected at all. The soldiers stand in a group and chat, and inspect together those leaving. When we tried to get information about those detained in the detainees enclosure, the checkpoint commander refused to speak with us, which a female soldier next to him tried to explain that they are taxi drivers who were arrested and disturb everyone, including the Palestinians who prefer that we handle them.
A vehicle trying to get out of Nablus is given a negative answer. It lets off a woman passenger with the small girl. The passenger approaches us and asks that we inspect her. When we explain to her what it is we do she turns to the soldiers and asks that they inspect her. The soldiers give her permission to carry on, but she insists that her ID be checked. This is a heart-wrenching sight. Finally, she moves on.
Jit
The Jit checkpoint is also manned. Palestinian vehicles can't cross in the Kedumim direction. We ask for permission to U-turn and drive back.
Beit Iba
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A perimeter checkpoint west of the city of Nablus. Operated from 2001 to 2009 as one of the four permanent checkpoints closing on Nablus: Beit Furik and Awarta to the east and Hawara to the south. A pedestrian-only checkpoint, where MachsomWatch volunteers were present daily for several hours in the morning and afternoon to document the thousands of Palestinians waiting for hours in long queues with no shelter in the heat or rain, to leave the district city for anywhere else in the West Bank. From March 2009, as part of the easing of the Palestinian movement in the West Bank, it was abolished, without a trace, and without any adverse change in the security situation.
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Jit Junction
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The checkpoint is located on Route 60 near at the junction with Route 55, near the village of Jit. There was a checkpoint for vehicles passing between the north and south of the West Bank, which was abolished towards 2010. Since then, surprise checkpoints have been set up there from time to time with a police or Border Police vehicle, and vehicles and their passengers are inspected.
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