Beit Iba
Beit Iba Wednesday PM, 9.02.05Observers: Sarah P., Raya, Hadas T. (reporting)Guest: Shosh R.The excitement which greeted us was strange. If we closed our eyes, it would have been possible to think that it was coming from fans on a soccer court, shouting encouragement to their team. We noticed that there was a new atmosphere among the Palestinians, and the few conversations which we had confirmed this impression. The other conspicuous change was the absence of frightened expressions on their faces, even accompanied by a smile at times. I hope we aren’t imagining this.One of the reserve soldiers who was responsible at the time “defined” the area where we were allowed to stand. According to him it was by order of the General Command and the police. Our request to see this order put an end to the business. In the detention shed there were 5 detainees who were released shortly, except for a youth from Sarra whose inspection was delayed, but also he was released a bit later. 7 detainees in the direction of Cotzin (spelling?) and Sarra, because of a mistake or ignorance of the rules of one of the soldiers at the checkpoint; he was quickly released. The number of people passing through from Nablus was quite large, both because it happened to be Wednesday, when the students return home and because it was a holiday on the next day, New Year’s.The pressure on the turnstiles in the middles caused delays and the soldiers’ requests to move back, in order to allow it to revolve, didn’t help. But, despite all this, and the fact that for the soldiers at the checkpoint this was their first Wednesday (they said that they hadn’t expected so much pressure), the passage was pretty smooth and quick, especially since after the visit of the DCO representative, B., more soldiers were added at the inspection stations. There were no surprise roadblocks on the way, the passage at Shavey Shomron was open, without any inspections.
Beit Iba
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A perimeter checkpoint west of the city of Nablus. Operated from 2001 to 2009 as one of the four permanent checkpoints closing on Nablus: Beit Furik and Awarta to the east and Hawara to the south. A pedestrian-only checkpoint, where MachsomWatch volunteers were present daily for several hours in the morning and afternoon to document the thousands of Palestinians waiting for hours in long queues with no shelter in the heat or rain, to leave the district city for anywhere else in the West Bank. From March 2009, as part of the easing of the Palestinian movement in the West Bank, it was abolished, without a trace, and without any adverse change in the security situation.
Jun-4-2014Beit-Iba checkpoint 22.04.04
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Sarra
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Sarra
The checkpoint is installed between the Palestinian village of Sera and the district city of Nablus,
Since 2011, internal barriers Located among the West Bank Israeli settlements have somehow allowed, Palestinian residents to travel and move and reach various Palestinian cities.
After the terrible massacre by the Hammas on October 7 upon Israelis in the communities around Gaza, internal checkpoints manned by the army were installed to prevent free passage for Palestinians.
Many restrictions were imposed on the Palestinians in the West Bank. The prevention of movement shuttered the possibility of making a living in Israel. The number of Palestinian attacks by Israeli extremist settlelers increased along with the radicalization of the army against the Palestinians.
The conduct at the Sera checkpoint is one of the manifestations of the restrictions on all aspects of the Palestinians' lives.
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