Beit Iba, 31.7.2006, Monday morning, 7.30-12.00Observers: Osnat Rabin, Micky Fisher (reporting), Natanya translatingAt the kiosk we are met by students from Tamon and the villages around Jenin some of whom wanting to register at the university and some to check their marks and other matters but they cannot enter. At the humanitarian centre they check and say that they can pass but they try a number of times and are refused. In the end the centre admits the mistake. People from the area of Jenin between the ages of 16-30 are not allowed out of their areas at all and if they had managed to do so they have to return. The lines of pedestrians pass very slowly. The District Commissioner’s Officer, D. ignores us, but when we ask about the daily limitations he says that this is a military secret because the Palestinians may not know who is allowed to pass ( they should not be able to organize their time). Once again a distortion of the function of the DCO who is supposed to make the life of the Palestinians easier. In the enclosure 10 detainees. In the beginning we managed to speak to them and they told us that they had been detained for an hour because they have travelled through Kuchin. Later the commander reconsiders and decides that we are the enemy of the people . Instead of sending parcels to the soldiers in the north we are standing up for human rights and he sends us off. We ask is he will free them as soon as possible and he says “No!”Later he calls one of the people who is a taxi driver and warns him that if they again take people from Nablus in their cars the DCO will fine them. He lets the driver and his passengers go but takes others in their place. In the pedestrian lane the people are continuously being educated…and the lines being brought into order. But besides this the passage is reasonable. A man manages to pass in 15 minutes.11.50 – The taxi driver phones us that the people who were with him have been detained at Jit but he is freed.12.00 – Hardly any cars at the checkpoint . Opposite the soldiers’ post we see the 4 people who had already been detained at 10.00 . They are in the sun because the only shade is where the soldiers are. 4 of them are from Nablus, of limited age and they were through Sara so as to get to their jobs in Ramallah . The soldiers say that a military vehicle will return them to Hawarra. All they got to drink was water with syrup. We took their phone numbers and informed the humanitarian centre. In the course of the day we were in contact with them. Miriam of the DCO was in contact with the brigade the entire time and tried her best to help to free them . But the brigade ignored her and also lied to the DCO and at 15.00 even informed the DCO that the people had been freed when they were still standing at the hottest hour of the day in the sun. Only at 15.00 were they free hungry and thirsty and sent to their homes in Hawarra. And this mainly due to Miriam of the DCO who did not cease in her efforts to help.Women of Machsomwatch who had brought food and drink for them gave the food to Mahmud at Jubara.Yes, that is what the army will do to young people who try to find a living outsides their enclosed city. And afterwards in our country we are surprised…..