Anabta, Jubara Sunday 14.05.06. PM Observers: Aliya S., Alex W., Susan L. (reporting)Guest: Amelia T. Summary Those of us who read thrillers, or those of us who’ve been subjectedto the seemingly never-ending news about the organization of a tight,effective worldwide noose around bin Laden and his movement, are usedto the idea of a “noose tightening around” somebody. Last week we sawthe IDF putting the squeeze on the Palestinians. This week, a sign ofthings to come, perhaps, as the noose tightens. Today Israel’s HighCourt of Justice effectively approved the most racist legislationever in its history: the unification of families on the basis ofnational belonging — Arab-Palestinian. Meanwhile the establishmentof an independent Palestine seems more and more likely to resemble anIndian reservation. So, today’s shift resembled, more and more, themakings of a bad cowboys and Indians movie – with military materiel,of which there was plenty on the roads today, instead of horses. Anabta17:15 — as we prepare to park on the roadside before our walk to themilitary tower at the checkpoint, an ambulance which had drivenbehind us from Beit Iba, pulls up alongside. The driver steps out totell us about a terrible early morning rolling checkpoint recentlyset up at a junction, possibly Az-Zababida, near Jenin. (See today’sBeit Iba report for confirmation). He’s now on his way home, havingtaken a patient to a hospital in Ramallah. Very little traffic, few pedestrians, no vehicles at all fromTulkarm, and, of course, no buses. An Israeli licensed car (yellow plates) is not allowed to continue onto Tulkarm, “My mother is there” pleads the driver, to no avail. “Goto Jubara, we don’t care, it’s not our business, we just know youcan’t pass here, everything you say makes no difference, we don’tcare,” intone the soldiers. Jubara17:45 — it’s equally and eerily quiet here. A few Jubara villagerswith boxes of freshly picked strawberries balanced atop their headspass the checkpoint on the northern side, going to Tulkarm. The gatesare wide open on the southern side, nobody is detained, no visitorsfrom the other side of the Green Line. A Tulkarm resident tells of the army breaking into a house, openingfire a couple of hours ago in South Tulkarm, frightening thepopulation and carrying on. There’s more military materiel on theroad, coming into the Jubara checkpoint from beyond the Green Line.The restrictions, quarantine, whatever euphemism is in use today, arehaving their effect. The noose is getting tighter and tighter. Thearmy attacks continue – for what?