Bethlehem, Tuesday PM 25.7.2006 Observers: Yael I, Ruth O (Reporting)15.00 – 18.00Along road 60, after leaving the tunnels, we noted that the traffic was rather light.In Beit Umar, Ivon’s acquaintance met us in order to get the medication Ivon sent for his sick mother. Again we asked ourselves what happens to all the beautiful fruit that is displayed along the road and can not be marketed. Are there enough buyers or is it destroyed by the end of the day?At the Ezyon DCL about 15 people were crowded by the turnstile. Some told us they waited since the morning. They said the people who came for magnetic cards were let in first. Those who waited were mainly people with humanitarian needs; Sick people who were summoned for treatment or relatives of hospitalized people, who asked to be able to sit at their bed side. In some cases these were parents of cancer patients. We were especially touched by a father of child with cancer, who was told by the doctor’s organization DHR, that his permit has been issued and is waiting for him at the DCL. The only problem was that he could not get inside to the window to get it. In another case a very stressed man who had to free his brother from the bed side of his daughter at the hospital at 6 p.m. was worried he will not be able to make it since the time was already 4.30 and his chance to get in did not seem close. We tried all phone numbers we know: The cell phones of Eyal and Amir, the official number of the DCL office, Aviv’s office, none of them answered. Is it a new policy not to respond to any calls or have they changed all phone numbers in order to achieve this goal?In El Nashash some stall owners, who have just built their stalls in order to have a small income, told us that the army has ordered them in the morning to dismantle their stalls within 12 hours. They were not given any explanation or an alternative place for their stalls, who apparently justify their existence by providing the people who pass there with some basic needs.By the entrance to El Arub a military Hummer was standing as usual. Next to it about eight detainees were seated, some without shelter from the sun. We stopped to ask the military police commander what happened and why they were detained. His answer was especially rude: “I don’t owe you any answers, you disturb me in my work, move on…” It is important to note here that last week we were told by taxi drivers in El Hader that the military police unit who is now stationed in the area harasses the drivers who pass by and makes them and their passengers stand in the sun for long unnecessary periods.At CP 300 no action was visible. No taxis or minibuses awaited passengers outside and no workers were seen approaching the place. We did not stop. There were no detainees by the old CP.