Beit Iba, Jit, Mon 19.5.08, Morning
9:00 – Jit Junction is open.
9:15 – Beit Iba
Very few cars, both at the entrance and at the exit. The taxi drivers confirm that the opening of the two checkpoints to the north of Nablus has further decreased the number of those passing through Beit Iba. They said that they had read in the paper that a checkpoint would be opened on highway #60, passing next to Shavey Shomron.
No detainees the whole shift. A reserve soldier starts a conversation with us and tries to understand our position. The blond commander tries to prevent him from talking with us but, in the end, even he listens to the discussion. The reserve soldier says, at the end of the conversation, that he values what we are trying to do, but doesn't really think we can succeed.
10:15 – We leave for the Tulkarm check point.
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.Neta EfroniJun-4-2014Beit-Iba checkpoint 22.04.04
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Jit Junction
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The checkpoint is located on Route 60 near at the junction with Route 55, near the village of Jit. There was a checkpoint for vehicles passing between the north and south of the West Bank, which was abolished towards 2010. Since then, surprise checkpoints have been set up there from time to time with a police or Border Police vehicle, and vehicles and their passengers are inspected.
Yehudith LevinMay-14-201414.05.14 Jit junction צומת ג'ית
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