Beit Iba, Tue 9.12.08, Afternoon
A holiday, the day of sacrifice. Rainy and cold.
15.20 Beit Iba. On the way we saw that the yellow gate which was supposed to be in exchange for the checkpoint on the road leading to Beit Iba had two checking areas, one on each said, for car. It does not seem that there is a passage for pedestrians. Just established and already looks worn out and ugly. People in holiday attire try to get over the puddles and mud in the lane that leads to the checkpoint. Few pedestrians.
In the framework of the alleviations for the holiday cars with yellow number plates, Israelis are allowed to enter Nablus. The checking is fairly easy and quick. A bus full of people arrived and because of the rain the usual routine is not followed and the young men do not have to get out of the bus and stand in a line. One of the soldiers gets into the bus and does the checking there. Only the driver gets out while this is being done. Everyone speaks about what it will mean if the checkpoint is removed, both Palestinians and soldiers.
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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