Jubara and Tulkarm CheckpointsMachsomWatchers: T.R., S.T., S.P., I.S. (reporting).13:30 — The children’s gate in Jubara is deserted. Later we heard they went through at 12:30.13:40 — Twelve detainees at the Jubara side of the checkpoint: they were caught on the hills without crossing permits – some had been there since 08:00 or even 06:00 in the morning. The reason given us by the sergeant in charge is that every day they “collect” illegal Palestinians who are picked up by bus at the end of the day and, in most, cases released – so they learn their lesson…we asked for them to be given food and drink – the issue wasn’t addressed and was totally improvised, as well as toilets and shelter from the weather. In my opinion, we should submit a complaint about this – because it’s repeated constantly and the procedure isn’t changed, so that those detainees spend a whole day outside. Who should be contacted?A Jubara resident tells us that something changed this morning: until now, the soldiers at the checkpoint had a list with the names of all Jubara’s residents, and according to that list they let them pass through from Tulkarm and go to the village. As of this morning, that’s changed – the village council has received permits for all the village residents to pass through; they must take the permits, they can only get through the checkpoint with permits, in other words: I think they are being forced to accept the permits that they refused to take before.What can be done about this? The owner of the house at the intersection is worried that his family isn’t among the permits at the council – what does it mean? When we phone the DCO commander, it turns out that he knows the case and the people, and there’s no reason to worry – the house is legal and the identity cards are in compliance: there is no significance to their names not being on the permits at the council. Is this really so? I gave everyone hotline cards. Lt. Koby from the DCO behaved correctly today, as did the other soldiers.The checkpoint commander, Sgt. Aviv, tries to cooperate with us. Reservists are asked to help get more people through, because only a single soldier is stationed in each direction – eastward and to Tulkarm – for checking and passing vehicles and pedestrians through.After we speak on the phone with Lt.Col. Kamil, the DCO commander, he arrives – a friendly conversation, but without sufficient response to situation (“I think exactly the same as you” – he replies to whatever I say).15:00 — We go over to check the Tulkarm South checkpoint, the back-to-back loading of goods between delivery trucks. A not very long line of trucks and cars, and a few pedestrians. Lt.Col. Kamil’s jeep is already there. He tells us genially that we’re off-limits here – between the entrance checkpoint to the back-to-back and the entrance checkpoint to Tulkarm (“You’ve crossed the border.”)In my opinion, this is wrong – is this the case?Lt. Regev is the DCO representative at the site.Ab., a Taibeh resident, thanks us for being here and claims that as a result, the trucks started to move. According to Ab., yesterday the soldiers at the Jubara checkpoint didn’t allow him to cross to the east, and he maintains that – as an Israeli – he is permitted to cross. Lt.Col. Kamil confirmed this, and we suggested to Ab. that in future he should record the soldier’s name and details in similar cases. We handed out hotline cards there as well.