Beit Iba
Beit Iba, Wednesday, 15.3.06 AMObservers: Netti A, Rina Z, Elisheva A (reporting) A morning without unusual happenings – just the so frustrating routine.08:15 Beit Iba There is crowding at the pedestrian checkpoint and the facing turnstiles. A soldier says that there was heavier pressure in the morning, and now they have added reinforcement and the situation has improved. From the Palestinians we heard that the checkpoint opened late. A noticeably hyperactive checkpoint commander is investing immense efforts in drilling those waiting in line. Because of all the drills, the line gets no shorter. Three taxi drivers are detained then released after ten minutes. Another young detainee is held because a pair of IDF trousers were found in his belongings. He, and the trousers, must wait until a Shabak representative arrives. We were not permitted to go to him, and were requested to move away from the checkpoint. 09:30 Shave Shomron Here there is a very well organised checkpoint and a wall against settlers. No traffic here at all, and when a medical vehicle arrived, we went to find a soldier. The vehicle was checked, but not before it was required to move back so it would not interfere with the traffic(!).
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.
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