Beit Iba, Jit, Mon 29.10.07, Morning
Jit junction 07.40
The junction is empty
Beit Iba 07.45
The usual traffic jam on our side of the checkpoint. 15 cars are waiting and there is nowhere for cars to pass. We do not see any lines exiting Nablus.
The officer in charge is friendly and communicative. Palestinians are passing freely and no lines accumulating. There are random checks of incoming cars. Women and men over 35 are passed without a check.
08.20
The checkpoint is quiet and we leave.
Jit junction 0955
We are on our way to Ariel to the police station to report (at the police request) on the traffic accident which occurred in August during our shift. The checkpoint is now manned and there is a long line of vehicles. We ask one driver who reports he has been waiting an hour (probably half an hour as per our checking). There are 4 soldiers and a Hummer. Again soldiers are joking among themselves, sending SMS messages and generally causing delays. About 25 cars standing in line. We also see regular policeman on the road from Tulkarm checking traffic.
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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