Anabta, Jubara, Irtah Thursday PM, June 8, 2006 Watchers: Hana A., Rina D., and Rachel H. (reporting) 15:10-17:10 Summary: Segregation is in effect for northern Samaria residents in Anabta, and therefore there’s a half-hour delay time at the checkpoint from the Tulkarm direction. In Jubara there’s almost no activity. In the Irtah checkpoint, laborers pass through and there’s no queue.15:10 Jubara A queue of around 15 cars from east to west.15:20, Anabta There’s an inspection post for passage in each direction. Movement is unimpeded, with random inspection of documentation in the Tulkarm direction. There is no pedestrian queue, and a delay time of 4 minutes per vehicle. A driver arriving from the south calls at us: “It’s a waste of time; no one lends an ear. All day at the checkpoint.” In response to our questions he said that he had waited for a long time in Zatra (Tapuach), and in Sara (near the Jit intersection) – “two hours total for all checkpoints.”In the opposite direction, there’s a long queue and vehicle pressure because of the segregation. The drivers are asked their ages and place of residence. Everyone’s documents are inspected. We estimate a delay time of 15 minutes. An Arab Israeli who arrived from Tulkarm and probably tried to skirt the queue, argued with the soldier about the delay time. He said he had waited for four hours at the previous checkpoint. The soldier took him back to the end of the queue and offered him something to drink.15:40 There are no pedestrians from the Tulkarm direction. The checkpoint commander refused to supply information. He claimed that he received an order not to speak to us and told us that another soldier got 14 days of detention after having spoken to members of MachsomWatch. He and the other soldiers at the checkpoint were very courteous and offered us too something to drink.15:50 We left for Beit Iba. [See report under Nablus]17:00, Jubara On the way back from Beit Iba, the gate to the village was closed and no soldiers were visible at the post. There was a queue of around ten cars from east to west, but inspection was pretty rapid. For shortage of time we did not move on to Ar-Ras.17:10, Irtah The terminal was in operation. According to the security person, the turnstiles were locked after the cameras spotted us. When we pulled away they were released, and around 10 day laborers who have been waiting passed through. According to the laborers there’s always delay and disruption in crossing. The security man told us that the terminal is open until 18:30.We left.