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Al Nashshash, Beit Ummar, Bethlehem, Etzion DCL, Nabi Yunis, Mon 13.9.10, Morning

Place: A-Nashshash Beit Ummar Bethlehem (300) Etzion DCO Nabi Yunis
Observers: Chaya O., Ada G. (reporting)
Sep-13-2010
| Morning

07.00 am, Bethlehem – Checkpoint 300: there are four inspection stations open with only a few people waiting at each of them, but there is heavy traffic of those coming out. They tell us that today it took them between an hour to one-and-a-half hours to cross, and that there is still pressure on the Palestinian side.

07.30  am, Hussan: police-cars  stand at the side of the round-about and distribute traffic reports.

07.45 am,  Al Nashshash: the driver of a truck full of vegetable cases gets a report because, in the policeman's opinion, the truck's canvas cover is insufficient.  Chia photographs the truck.

08.40 am, Beit Ummar: no activity.

09.00  am, Nabi Yunis: no activity

09.30 am:  on our way back the police-men  stop and inspect cars on Road No 60 opposite Kerem Tsur. Eight cars are standing there. Maybe they are cars coming from Harrawa where there is no left turn and drivers must continue to the round-about at Nabi Yunis and turn-around there.

09.40 am, Etzion DCL: about thirty cars are parked in front of the DCL. Tens of people are waiting inside, and  there is a lot of pressure because the DCL was closed for several days. There is no (organized) queue and the people are crowded and and angry.

  • 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.

  • Beit Ummar

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    • Beit Ummar

      The Gush Etzion-Hebron road - which is the main axis of  the southern Hebron Mountains - passes through the boundaries of the village. Many incidents of stone throwing occurred on this section of road. There is a checkpoint at the entrance to the village.

      In March 2006, a 25-dunam land seizure order was issued around the settlement for the purpose of establishing a "special security area" (SHBM) and a warning fence around the nearby settlement, Carmei Tzur. In April 2019, 401 dunams of the land of the villages of Beit Omer and Halhul were expropriated for the purpose of paving a road that bypasses the house of Omer to the east.  Demonstrations are held by the villagers against the seizure of land with the participation of Palestinian, Israeli and international activists.

  • 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   .

  • 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.

  • Nabi Yunis

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    • Nabi Yunis

      A meeting place at the junction of Route 60 and the road leading to the eastern entrance to Hebron.

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