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Beit Iba, Shave Shomron, Wed 25.2.09, Morning

Place: Beit Iba Shave Shomron Checkpoint
Observers: Nora R., Michal B., Hannah P. (reporting),Translator: Judith G.
Feb-25-2009
| Morning

Beit Iba

09:15

 The checkpoint is almost empty of pedestrians.  They do not inspect vehicles at the entrance, nor do they check people.  At the exit, they do check:  people go through the metal detector and vehicles are thoroughly inspected.  A line forms.  There is an extra lane for vehicles at the exit, intended for buses and humanitarian cases.  A woman in a wheelchair goes through the checkpoint. On our way to Beit Iba, we approached the new checkpoint next to Shave Shomron, connecting Jenin and Nablus.  According to the soldiers, we understand that they are letting through, without inspection, all the Palestinian vehicles but are not allowing the passage of Israeli 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.  
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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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