Beit Iba, Tue 11.3.08, Afternoon
16:00 Beit Iba. – Very few vehicles. About 30 men are crowding on the turnstiles. Women and men over the age of 45 can go through the humanitarian line. They also check documents there, mainly of the men. The new procedures, with electronic waves, take a long of time. Most of the men are required to also take off their shoes. Even though, according to the commander, there are no special warnings or alerts, there is an increase in severity in that all of those entering Nablus are also inspected.
Another new thing is the dog which must carefully check certain vehicles. Those were vehicles in which men were travelling, and they were required to stand for a long time outside of the car until it was thoroughly inspected. This kind of inspection creates long lines immediately, but they also were finished quickly – until the next thorough inspection. We didn't find any detainees when we arrived, nor was anyone detained by the time that we left.
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.
Neta EfroniJun-4-2014Beit-Iba checkpoint 22.04.04
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