Tarqomiya CP, Thursday morning, 23/2/06Niva S. and Esther B.L. (reporting)On the way we already noticed a continuous stream of vans with workers coming from the CP. When we arrived at 06:00 the waiting drivers and the workers who had passed through the CP told us that everything was going quickly today (and “you should have been here on previous days”?) We went up to the Checking point to witness the marvel. Four lines of men were being checked and their papers examined simultaneously. There was hardy anyone waiting. In addition, a random group was sent to the “sleeve” to be checked through the magnometer. By 06:20 no one was standing in line. So the soldiers folded the four checking points and everyone who came after that was sent to the sleeve to be checked through the magnometer.We clocked the time it took for a person to be checked through the magnometer. Including the time spent in line, It took about half and hour. That seemed a long time to us, but the young officer with whom we spoke said that compared to the hours that they usually spent on line it was an improvement. As of lately the number of people passing through this CP went up from 400-600 a day to about 2,500 a day. The officer said that they keep trying to improve their system so they won’t hold up the workers from getting to work on time. When we left, at about 07:00, all the workers were well on their way to work.We spoke to the Red Cross man who accompanies the prisoner’s families to the CP. He said that there was no problem with the checking of the people who change to an Israeli bus at the CP. They are accompanied all the way to the prisons and the checking is done there where they visit.