Al Nashshash, Beit ‘Inun, Bethlehem, Etzion DCL, Nabi Yunis, Mon 22.12.08, Morning
06:50 AM, Bethlehem – Checkpoint 300: no pressure, few people. A Swiss volunteer tells us that the problem is usually created by the metal detector checks. Only two stations working, and that’s where the block forms. When they ask for a third station, they’re told that it is broken, or that they don’t have manpower, or similar responses. Three working stations have never been seen.
Two men are not allowed to pass – required to go back for palm printing. One of them explained that he did so at Etzion DCL only yesterday, but nothing helped. He had to return to Etzion and lose another day’s work. When will they finally bring the biometric machines to the crossings and stop giving the men the runaround of come and go to the DCL. Each time the man loses a day’s work, the anger and frustration grow and accumulate.
07:30 AM, Al Nashshash: dealing with papers.
08:00 AM, Etzion DCL: 50 people in line. Numbers are being distributed. At our request, the men waiting for biometric tests are given numbers first. In the hall there are only 29 seats, and the others stand or crouch. They spend a few hours at the DCO, and the time has finally come for them to put the chairs back in the hall. And maybe they give a permit to sell hot drinks and light food. People wait long hours in freezing cold, with no chance for a hot drink – it’s hard and unnecessary.
09:30 AM, Nabi Yunis: papers.
10:00 AM, Beit 'Inun: east of Route 60, at the entrance to the village, huge stones were brought a week ago to close the entire width of the road. The pedestrian paths are only at the side. On one side, you would have to climb over a pile of slippery stones, and on the other an earthen and unstable hillock which with rain turns to mud. Yesterday an elderly woman fell and was taken to hospital with an injured leg.. It is not at all clear how the elderly can cross, if at all. The girls going to school on the other side of Route 60 slip and cover themselves with mud on their way. While we stood there, a young woman crossed with a baby in her arms. The sight was troublesome. This passageway is truly dangerous. They promised, and promised again, that they would move the stones a bit to allow a reasonable walkway. Why do they have to close the road? It looks like harassment for its own sake, or at least thoughtlessness.
A-Nashshash
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A-Nashshash
Junction on Road 60 from leading to the southern outskirts of al-Khader, to Salomon pools and to Bethlehem. Until 2015, a blockade at the junction prevented the passage of vehicles from the south (from Hebron) to Bethlehem and from there to the north of the West Bank and vice versa, and a small market developed at the junction, with taxis serving both directions on two sides of the blockage. Until 2015, Members of MachsomWatch police reports team would come to the scene to receive and return traffic violations reports for payment (possible only in Israel).- from Palestinians without a entrance permit to Israel. There is usually no military or police supervision i n place.
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Beit 'ُEinun
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The village is located on the northern outskirts of Hebron, east of Road 60 which leads to Gush Etzion and Bethlehem. Sometimes the army blocks with concrete blocks or an arm checkpoint the entrances and exits from road 60 and also the crossing to the nearby Shuyux . There were attacks on settlers from this village.
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Bethlehem (300)
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Located adjacent to the Separation Wall ("Jerusalem Wrap") at the north entrance to Bethlehem, this checkpoint cuts off Bethlehem and the entire West Bank from East Jerusalem, with all the serious implications for health services, trade, education, work and the fabric of life. The checkpoint is manned by the Border police and private security companies. It is an extensive infrastructure barrier and is designated as a border terminal, open 24 hours a day for foreign tourists. Israeli passport holders are not allowed to pass to Bethlehem, and Palestinian residents are not allowed to enter Jerusalem, except those with entry permits to Israel and East Jerusalem residents. Israeli buses are allowed to travel to Bethlehem only through this checkpoint.The checkpoint, which demonstrated harsh conditions of crowding and extreme passage delays for years, started employing advanced electronic identification posts and has upgraded its gates' system as of the middle of 2019 - and conditions improved.Adjacent to the checkpoint, in an enclosure between high walls and another passage, is the historic Rachel's Tomb, which is now embedded within a concrete fortified building. It contains prayer and study complexes for Jews only, as well as a residential complex. updated November 2019 .
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Etzion DCO
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serves residents of Bethlehem and surrounding villages who need magnetic cards, work permits for Israel, permits for one-time entry for religious or health reasons, various police permits, etc.
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Nabi Yunis
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Nabi YunisA meeting place at the junction of Route 60 and the road leading to the eastern entrance to Hebron.
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