Beit Iba
Beit Iba, Sunday, 21.1.07 amObservers: Racheli M, Zvia S, Rachel A (reporting) Beit Iba Checkpoint07:30 – rain and puddles make the pedestrian transit difficult. At our request the commander organizes a plank to save pedestrians from walking through the large puddle that floods the place. Few pedestrians in either direction. One detainee, a taxi driver being punished, but is released relatively quickly. The officer on the spot silently absorbs the barbs aimed at him about “man’s ability to live in situations of fear and aggression.” Two volunteers from a church organisation tell us about the hardships of life in Tulkarm, where they have been for three months. The economic situation is depressing. Night patrols of soldiers in the refugee camp. Lack of hope and talk of desire to emigrate. Jit CheckpointNot manned. Almost no traffic. Rolling checkpoint before Funduk08:45 – reservists. A captain says that the purpose of the checkpoint is to arouse a situation of uncertainty. On the other hand, he very much values our activity and after he finishes with the checkpoint, perhaps he’ll join us. There is order… Qalqiliya Checkpoint09:00 – three transit positions: commercial vehicles/private Israeli vehicles/vehicles with permits. We chose the lane for those with permits since it was the emptiest. The soldier demanded ID and asked where we are from. And then he said that the lane is only for settlers. He returned the ID and kept on talking. A car for some reason wasn’t interested in the explanation and drove off. Immediately the checkpoint closed, red lights turned on and the whole area stood to alert. Three old women attempted to crash the checkpoint. Hand over ID and stand here till the police arrive! The soldier was shouting. What happened? You tried to break through! Who tried, what tried? You didn’t listen to what I was saying! What did you want us to do, plant lettuce here? Finally the car backed up, we entered the “Israeli private vehicle line” for Israeli Arabs and MachsomWatch women. The Arabs were made to get out of their cars. The usual checkpoint ballet with raised shirts. Order had been restored.
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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Qalqiliya checkpoint
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Qalqilya is surrounded on all sides by the separation barrier. The only exit from the city is in the east of the city on the road that leaves the city in an easterly direction. This is where the checkpoint was located. When the checkpoint was active until 2009 our shifts watched long queues of cars being inspected at the only exit from the city to the West Bank. The checkpoint was canceled, but there is a military presence at the entrance to the city.
Ronit Dahan-RamatiJun-18-2026Nabi Elyas. The western entrance is closed
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