Beit Iba, Jit, Shave Shomron, Thu 6.3.08, Morning
Translation: Galia S.
Azzun 07:45 – The exit from Izbat at Tabib is open.
The main exit is locked tight. It's no longer a temporary lock that can be easily removed. We have talked to Abed from Azzun, whose phone number we got from Micky. He says that in the last three days a curfew has been in effect. Everything is closed: the municipality, shops, schools and also three rural roads.
08:15 – Jit junction is open.
Shave Shomron. 08:25 – The whole area is blocked and deserted as usual.
Beit Iba. 08:30 – Passers-by say that it's calmer today. Yesterday young people from Tulkarm and Jenin were not allowed to pass, but there is no problem today (in spite of the "apartness" in Jenin?) [Apartness is a ban that stops residents of a particular West Bank area from traveling to another].
There are 4 vehicles at the entrance. Pedestrians are checked randomly, mostly young people. However, when a young man is detained, the passage stops until his check is completed.
About 8 vehicles are at the exit. Complete inspection, including ID cards and cargo.
09:00 – Less than 10 people are in line on the way out.
09:15 – Neither at the entrance not at the exit is there any line of pedestrians.
The checkpoint commander, Y., and one of his soldiers (religious) struck up a conversation with Roni and Frances, who had the feeling that on one hand, the soldiers think they do very important work, but on the other hand, they are not absolutely convinced that the checkpoints are necessary.
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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