Beta: settlers stole all the olives including the ladders and various tools
13:30 Beta
The gate is still closed. For nearly a month now, inhabitants suffer. Those whose cars are small manage somehow to move a small pile of garbage near the gate and pass. Our vehicle cannot cross, and people showed us another way to enter Beta. This was under the bridge of the Beta bypass road. We got to the council house and were met by council worker H. J. He said the head of the local council is busy with the wholesale market problem. The army has instructed to hold it somewhere else. It is the second time they must move it.
While we spoke to him, he got a call from an inhabitant who said the army and the settlers came to them while they were at their olive harvest. The officer told them this was Israeli land and that they had to leave. The settlers stole all the olives that these poor people had harvested, including the ladders and various tools they used for the harvest.
The settlers come from the new outpost, several tents erected on a hill near the inhabitants’ homes.
14:00 Awarta
A long waiting line of vehicles, terrible crowding. People dry up in the heat.
Beit Furik
The Checkpoint is crowded coming from Nablus to Beit Furik.
We entered Beit Furik. Children ran around the main street. To our question why they are not in school, the answer was that there has been a strike for 3 days already, following the murder by Israeli soldiers of Janil Hanani. The shop owners said that on Monday, 3.11, 3 army vehicles entered Beit Furik and opened fire. The murdered young man was standing with two friends near the shop; the soldiers pointed their guns at him and shot.
17:00 Funduk
Soldiers walk around on the main street with guns at the ready. The posts are manned.
Location Description
'Awarta
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Awarta, an internal checkpoint in the heart of the West Bank, is located east of the Hawara checkpoint, at the junction of Roads 555 (which was forbidden for Palestinian traffic in this area) and the entrance road to Nablus. It was one of the four checkpoints that surrounded Nablus until 2009. We used to watch it at Huwwara shifts because it was the only one where goods could be transferred to and from Nablus, using the back-to-back method. It was operated by the army, from 06:00 to 20:00. Until 2009.
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Beta
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Beta is a town of 12,000 people, high unemployment rate. Many work in Israel, others in agriculture. Neat ornamental system. Unemployment is high. Young people, even the educated, are forced to look for work in Israel. Medical services are available once a week.
Settlers from Yitzhar and Itamar harass residents frequently and prevent them from cultivating their fields: Permits are required from the DCO / DCL / DCL / DCL to go to work.
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