Al Nashshash, Bethlehem, Etzion DCL, Wed 13.8.08, Morning
Nebi Yunis
6:40 AM, Bethlehem: The street outside the CP is loaded with cars waiting for the workers. Four checking stations are open. Three to five people waiting in each line. We hear the noise of peole waiting from within. People say it is full at the entrance to the CP. Nothing has changed for weeks. Peole pass through this end in seconds, but wait two hours and more to get to this point.
7:20 AM, Al Nashshash: We meet a man who gives us money to give to the lawyer T.
7:45 AM, Nebi Yunis: The young man at the coffee kiosk tells us about the green grocer across the road from him, who received an order to take down his makeshift store. He is directed to someone who specializes in that problem.
8:30 AM, Etzion DCL: Again the waiting room is full, people standing. At 9:15 AM they say 15 people have been called in. A 50 year old man tells us that he was stopped by the police while he was driving his wife's car. She has an Israeli ID. He does not. He was in court, paid the fine, and understood that he could now return to driving his own car into Israel. However, he was stopped and told he could not drive into Israel for 2 years. He wants to know what the problem is. H. will determine if there are conditons to his sentence that he is not aware of.
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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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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