Beit Iba, Shave Shomron, Thu 12.3.09, Morning
8.15 The fence of Shave Shomron is as long as the Diaspora and encompasses enormous areas. The checkpoint is not manned and the movement is free.
8.30 Beit Iba
At the entrance to Nablus there is no checking but those coming out are very carefully checked. Everyone comes out putting on their belts. There is no dogtrainer and cars pass swiftly. No lines and the atmosphere is comfortable. There are many people entering Nablus and the passage is open. Buses filled with children are checked for about 5-7 minutes. An ambulance uses it sirens in hysteria and passed after 5 minutes. One of the workers who makes a living as a porter says that tomorrow the checkpoint is being cancelled. Pedestrians will not be checked and cars will be diverted to Deir Sharaf.
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.
Jun-4-2014Beit-Iba checkpoint 22.04.04
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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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