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Beit Iba, Jit, Mon 21.7.08, Morning
Place:
Beit Iba
Jit Junction
Observers: Nina S., Osnat R. (reporting) Translating: Judith G.
09:40 J'it Junction
A Temporary checkpoint from the direction of Tapuah junction. about 15 vehicles in line, takes about half an hour per vehicle. 10:00 Beit Iba Not a lot of traffic at this hour and no lines form. Perhaps it is a good time to exercise the dog. Passengers get out of a van and are asked to stand by the side. The dog does not enter the vehicle but is asked to sniff it around the outside. This inspection takes about 10 minutes. Quite a bit of pedestrian traffic, small number of people at the exit. At the entrance, the line moves relatively quickly, even though IDs and bags are inspected. Apparently the terrorists know that it is preferable to pass through the other entrances to Nablus, where there are no inspections at all. No detainees.
10:20 A bus in the line entering Nablus. A soldier gets onto the bus and stands at the entrance reading all kinds of documents. After a few minutes, all the young men are requested to get off the bus. A soldier takes their IDs to the inspection booth of the Military Police. A second soldier goes through the bus to check it; there are a lot of children on the bus.
A Temporary checkpoint from the direction of Tapuah junction. about 15 vehicles in line, takes about half an hour per vehicle. 10:00 Beit Iba Not a lot of traffic at this hour and no lines form. Perhaps it is a good time to exercise the dog. Passengers get out of a van and are asked to stand by the side. The dog does not enter the vehicle but is asked to sniff it around the outside. This inspection takes about 10 minutes. Quite a bit of pedestrian traffic, small number of people at the exit. At the entrance, the line moves relatively quickly, even though IDs and bags are inspected. Apparently the terrorists know that it is preferable to pass through the other entrances to Nablus, where there are no inspections at all. No detainees.
10:20 A bus in the line entering Nablus. A soldier gets onto the bus and stands at the entrance reading all kinds of documents. After a few minutes, all the young men are requested to get off the bus. A soldier takes their IDs to the inspection booth of the Military Police. A second soldier goes through the bus to check it; there are a lot of children on the bus.
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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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.
Anat PolakJul-17-2025Yitzhar Road, Jit Junction: traffic jam
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