Beit Iba, Jit, Tue 27.5.08, Morning
Translation: Judith Green
Between the checkpoints of Haparot and J'it we observe a lot of military vehicles, jeeps, hammers, and ask ourselves if there is any special operation going on.
The J'it checkpoint is manned by four soldiers, from east to west, and they bring vehicles through without any inspection at all.
8:15 – Beit Iba
Tomer is the DCO representative. He tells us why there is such a decrease in people at the checkpoint: a new checkpoint has opened, which they call "Sabataz", which takes a lot of pressure off the larger checkpoint, Hawarra and Beit Iba. He says that the soldiers there are new, from the Shimshon brigade. Good ones, he says, who don't make problems. ("The second shift is better…")
The dog trainer is here and working. The checkpoint commander comes over and shows him a xeroxed permit. Tomer: That means that he was in jail and needs to be checked on the computer. What, no photo? The xeroxed document doesn't show any photo clearly. After a short inspection, the man is let through.
Tomer is proud to show off the new and improved checkpoint; the improvements were finished 2 months ago. Four lanes for checking vehicles, no people shouting, since they enlarged it. The problems are at least 70% less. "It is only too bad that this costs us (the state) two million shekels all of this…" There is line at the entrance, and the checkpoint commander comes over and opens a side lane in order to shorten the waiting time.
Anabta: no inspections; vehicles from both directions pass through without even stopping.
A-Ras: No people and no vehicles.
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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