Beit Iba, Shave Shomron , Jit
Beit Iba, Shave Shomron – Jit, Sunday morning, 16.7.2006, Observers: Rachel A. racheli M. Zvia S. (reporting)Natanya translating.The checkpoint opened at 5.00. The entire time that we were there people were being detained and put into the enclosure. The ids were checked quickly and then they were released. The ids were checked very carefully against the list which the soldiers had and this caused long lines and also a longer waiting period. Women passed without being checked. At the checkpoint in the direction of Nablus over 150 people waiting. In the men’s line we timed that the waiting period was up to 40 minutes. The soldiers did not try to make things easier and there were only two of them checking. One soldier was keeping order in the line and the other, a captain watching from the side. 16-30 years of age not allowed to leave Nablus. No taxis allowed in or out. 7.25A student was detained for 20 minutes in the enclosure. People kept being sent there too and freed after 15-20 minutes. Someone tried to bypass the line and was sent there and we were told that he would soon be freed.7.35 The soldier put the ids of two men into his pocked and when we spoke to the captain about this he said that they had not been detained without reason and that was why. We stood and waited and after 30 minutes they were freed and the ids returned to them. 7.45 Two people tried to bypass the line and the soldier asked why they made problems for him.7.50 8 people in the enclosure. Trucks going to Nablus wait about 30 minutes. 8.55 Shave Shomron. The taxi drivers complains about the checkpoint closing.We drove there but there was no one with whom we could speak. Crossroads Jit. A rolling checkpoint. 9.35 Cars are waiting and trucks at least half an hour.
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.
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