Beit Iba, Jit, Shave Shomron, Mon 19.1.09, Morning
7.20 The crossroads of Jit are open.
7.30 Shave Shomron (Ganot in army language). No checking but an "arrangement" of cement blocks makes the passage difficult and forces people to slow down.
7.35 Beit Iba. Cars are not checked and there is no line. At the exit from Nablus is a line of 9 cars and the checking is fast and does not take long, At the checkpoint the commander, N. does not greet or take any notice of us. The soldier checking the humanitarian line is very pedantic and sends back someone who came forward too fast and also anyone who does not fit into this line. The soldiers are chatting and the Palestinians wait.
The commander, N. checks the ID of a girl and something about the photo amuses him and he calls to his soldiers to come and have a look and all burst out laughing ignoring the embarrassment of the girl. Only when they see me watching quietly do they give her the ID back.
8.20 A Palestinian is taken out of his car which is coming from Nablus and is sent to the isolation and then to the detainee's shed. The passenger is allowed to go through with the car. He comes to find out what is happening with the detainee and is sent away. It turns out that the detainee belongs to the Palestinian police and he will let them know.
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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Shave Shomron Checkpoint
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The checkpoint is on Route 60 (the main road to the northern West Bank), opposite settlement. Has been blocked to Palestinians since disengagement from Gaza and northern Samaria.
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