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Beit ‘Inun, Beit Ummar, Bethlehem, Etzion DCL, Nabi Yunis, Mon 2.3.09, Morning

Place: Beit 'ُEinun Beit Ummar Bethlehem (300) Etzion DCO Nabi Yunis
Observers: Idit S., Ada G. (reporting)
Mar-02-2009
| Morning

06:50 AM, Bethlehem – Checkpoint 300:  four inspection stations are open, with queues of up to ten people. According to the Palestinians, there is pressure of people waiting on the other side of the checkpoint, and it took them one to one-and-a-half hours to get through. Only one of the two inspection machines – the X-ray machine – is working.  

08:15 AM,  Beit Ummar:  it is very cold;  we returned documents to Palestinians, and no additional people asked for help. 

08:50 AM,  Beit 'Inun:  the substantial barriers on both sides of the road still exist. 

09:00 AM,  Nabi Yunis:  we had arranged a meeting there and passed over documents. 

09:30  AM, Beit  Ummar:  on our way back we receive a telephone call from  two Palestinians : one of them claims that a building contractor in Tel Aviv owes him money but the latter says he doesn’t remember and doesn’t owe anything. Is there any way we can help him ? 

10:00  AM, Etzion DCL:  a few people, who have been summoned by the GSS, are waiting in the queue.    No-one knows when they will enter “the captain’s office”. Only three people are waiting in the waiting room for assistance from the DCL. Is the cold weather keeping them all at home, or perhaps all their problems are solved ?    

  • Beit 'ُEinun

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    • The village is located on the northern outskirts of Hebron, east of Road 60 which leads to Gush Etzion and Bethlehem. Sometimes the army blocks with concrete blocks or an arm checkpoint the entrances and exits from road 60 and also the crossing to the nearby Shuyux . There were attacks on settlers from this village.

  • Beit Ummar

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    • Beit Ummar

      The Gush Etzion-Hebron road - which is the main axis of  the southern Hebron Mountains - passes through the boundaries of the village. Many incidents of stone throwing occurred on this section of road. There is a checkpoint at the entrance to the village.

      In March 2006, a 25-dunam land seizure order was issued around the settlement for the purpose of establishing a "special security area" (SHBM) and a warning fence around the nearby settlement, Carmei Tzur. In April 2019, 401 dunams of the land of the villages of Beit Omer and Halhul were expropriated for the purpose of paving a road that bypasses the house of Omer to the east.  Demonstrations are held by the villagers against the seizure of land with the participation of Palestinian, Israeli and international activists.

  • Bethlehem (300)

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    • Located adjacent to the Separation Wall ("Jerusalem Wrap") at the north entrance to Bethlehem, this checkpoint cuts off Bethlehem and the entire West Bank from East Jerusalem, with all the serious implications for health services, trade, education, work and the fabric of life. The checkpoint is manned by the Border police and private security companies. It is an extensive infrastructure barrier and is designated as a border terminal, open 24 hours a day for foreign tourists. Israeli passport holders are not allowed to pass to Bethlehem, and Palestinian residents are not allowed to enter Jerusalem, except those with entry permits to Israel and East Jerusalem residents. Israeli buses are allowed to travel to Bethlehem only through this checkpoint.
      The checkpoint, which demonstrated harsh conditions of crowding and extreme passage delays for years, started employing advanced electronic identification posts and has upgraded its gates' system as of the middle of 2019  - and conditions improved.
      Adjacent to the checkpoint, in an enclosure between high walls and another passage, is the historic Rachel's Tomb, which is now embedded within a concrete fortified building. It contains prayer and study complexes for Jews only, as well as a residential complex. updated  November 2019   .

  • Etzion DCO

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    •   serves residents of Bethlehem and surrounding villages who need magnetic cards, work permits for Israel, permits for one-time entry for religious or health reasons, various police permits, etc.

  • Nabi Yunis

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    • Nabi Yunis

      A meeting place at the junction of Route 60 and the road leading to the eastern entrance to Hebron.

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