Beit Iba, Jit, Mon 7.7.08, Morning
Jit unmanned
07:30 Beit Iba
Very few vehicles at the entrance and the exit. Pedestrian checkpoint: At the entrance, women pass through with no line or inspection; adult men also go through quickly. Young men are checked by two soldiers against lists. From time to time, their IDs are checked on the computer and they have to wait on the side for a few minutes. Also at the exit, women and adult men go through the humanitarian line very quickly. The young men go through the magnometer without any delays. There is one detainee and Tomer is taking care of him. The soldiers are polite and Tomer wanders around the area solving problems. The drivers report about very long lines at 'Anabta. So, at 8:20, we leave Beit Iba in the direction of 'Anabta.
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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