Anabta, Beit Iba, Jit. Monday, 8.8.05, AMObservers: Rachel A. Leah A. Ella L. Edna M. (reporting)7.15 Anabta. There was no checkpoint at the crossroads so we went to the descending yellow bar. There, as always, taxis waited for passengers. The kiosk for coffee is also there. The taxi drivers have no complaints besides information about the “hothouse” checkpoint at the fork turning to Dir Sharaf. 7.45 At the fork. At the checkpoint there were only three cars and we went on our way. 8.00 Beit Iba. They have joined all three points at which cars are checked: coming from the west, very long lines, from the east (that is from Nablus) very long lines, and from the south (from Qusin and Sarra). Here there are more soldiers but the checking is slow. And when we ask the commander he shrugs his shoulders and says that that is the way it is.Pedestrians pass with no problem. In the enclosure is a youth who was detained as we arrived. According to the commander he tried to take sabotage material across. The boy explains to us with the help of Rachel’s Arabic that he is from Nablus and had to take a “Molotov boom boom “. The commander with a Palestinian to translate managed to understand that he had to take this across to an “uncle-cousin” …a coca cola bottle with petrol which was standing at the side. He said they would free the boy when they found the uncle cousin. On our way back there were more checkpoints up to the fork (maybe waiting for the uncle cousin). Rachel dealt with the problems of the taxi drivers with the help of an Israeli lawyer. They have problems with the bus drivers. 9.00 Jit. A checkpoint but not line. We went home.