Beit Iba AM
BEIT IBA, Saturday 19 June 2004 AMObservers: Tami G., Miri T., Neta (new member ) Hanna B. (reporting) colour = red>We arrived at the checkpoint at 08:15. Waiting to go through towards Nablus was a dense crowd of young people on their way to university. The line for women and older people snaked along the road where trucks arrived from the quarry every few minutes.M., the checkpoint commander, came over to us and asked us to address requests to him alone. He treated every request with consideration and flexibility and was courteous and businesslike. He himself undertook the organization of people going through the checkpoint and it worked smoothly. The lines of women and older people were soon cleared and manpower was then diverted to the students’ line. M. demanded that the women stand in a straight line, but this was justified because of the heavy traffic of trucks. The oppressive heat and thick dust turned the wait into a nightmare for all.Traffic coming from Nablus was very sparse and there were no delays.Amazingly, there were only two detainees, who were released while we were there. When the soldiers are busy easing the pressure in the lines, they have no time to check IDs.We left at 11.30.
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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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