Beit Iba, Thu 17.1.08, Morning
Beit Iba Checkpoint
The length of the pedestrians' line changes from time to time but they pass quickly. There was no exceptional activity, except for complaints over the need to remove shoes (that sometimes make the mango-meter beep) and the checkpoint's existence.
We talked with the checkpoint's cleaner, who shared his income problem with us. Until December he earned only 1800 NIS for 6 hours of labor, six days a week. That is less than 12 NIS an hour and far below the minimum wage. In addition, he has to pay the ride to Biet Iba (he lives in Huwarra). He is employed by the army, Beit El headquarters, probably through an Israeli contractor who employs an Arab contractor, and certainly everyone gains much profit before he gets his salary. Last December there were some "changes" and he earned only 900 NIS for his hard work. This is worse than despicable
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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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