Ar-Ram, Qalandiya, 03.04.06 p.m.Observers: Lizi S, Noa EBefore Ar-Ram. There are new concrete blocks on the road in the direction to Ar-Ram. The pronouncement of “permanent” is implanted on what had been temporary obstructions in the past. A blue police patrol is standing there. A blue policeman stops cars and checks documents. A border policewoman is sitting behind the wheel – a real Rambo type. In her hands are several forms and she lets out several juicy curses at us. What’s there to say? “The glory of the State of Israel”. An example to be emulated. These are the security forces of Israel.Ar-Ram. Children returning from school undergo checks. A high metal fence has been placed which cuts the full length of the road. A psychological preparation for the wall?Qalandiya. One of the children who works there with a cart said that one of the soldiers confiscated his cart. A friend of his from Jericho told us that the crossing there is allowed only to people above the age of 30. No one under 30 is allowed to pass – no pupil, no student, no women, no sick people, no one. He asked that we sent a team of ours there. The situation there is bitter. The soldiers permit themselves to do all kinds of things because there is usually no one there to see. There was the usual at the pedestrian checkpoint. “Barra” Beat it! Go back! Armed soldiers also stand at the inspection points. Long lines of tens of people wait for inspection. There are additional open stations but no one tells the people about it and only those who dare are checked, and then he calls to the rest. But just a moment, that is not the end of the matter. Those points are only open at intervals. “Mistake” . So people prefer to wait in their lines and not to take the chance of being delayed even more. There is still a closure for Palestinians with green and orange i.d.’s.The checkpoint for vehicles.The wait is an average of an hour and a half. When we arrived, 5 soldiers were there speaking among themselves. The line waited. There was no checking. After a few minutes, the checking continued. Another lane opened and then was closed on and off. Two soldiers walked over to the vehicle passage and waited in the line of those entering Ramallah and turned back a number of cars. They were checking the i.d.’s of the passengers and these were checked one again when they got to the checkpoint inspection point. The pedestrian checkpoint.There is still great congestion at the passage of both men and women. Again, lanes are opened and closed.Ar-Ram.There are 3 detainees. A woman was taken to the soldier’s hut for inspection. Two detainees are taken with their car for interrogation. The woman was then also taken for interrogation in a border police jeep.We called Benni. He told us that the vehicle was “wanted” and the woman is a resident of the territories. The vehicle will be confiscated for 30 days and is owner will be interrogated and released. The woman will be questioned and if she has no criminal past, she will be released. (Of course they wanted to use their vehicle and therefore they confiscated it. And the woman, at that moment, will have a criminal past registered against her).