Beit Iba, Mon 13.10.08, Afternoon
Beit Iba
Today we went out on one shift to Beit Iba, Huwwara, Beit Furik. 13.45 Few cars go through the checkpoint. Especially trucks and buses. The checking of buses exiting Nablus is very careful and takes about 10 minutes. The driver gives the soldier all the IDs of the travelers, she looks at them and takes them to the military policeman who checks them in the computer. The baggage compartment is also checked. She then gets on to the bus with another soldier for a quick search. The driver is then given the IDs and goes on his way.
There are few pedestrians leaving Nablus. The young people go through the turnstiles and the x-ray device. The women, children and elderly go through the fast lane. The few going into Nablus are not searched. There are no detainees. The commander speaks to us patiently and answers all our questions.
Beit Iba
See all reports for this place-
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
-