Bethlehem and surroundings Wed 12/1/05 AM Rachel, F and Valeria, S (reporting)7:30 Bethlehem Checkpoint 300: very few pedestrian, they pass quickly. 6 cars in line in the direction of Bethlehem. A group of around 20 detainees, they were caught without permits and their i.d were being checked. Another group of 3 detainees at the beginning of the checkpoint where the police and/or shabac is. They were also caught without permits and in a Israeli car, their I.D. were also being checked.8:00: Etzion D.C.O: around 10-15 people, when we arrived the windows were still closed, we asked what’s happening and they opened right after. We were confronted with 3 types of problems:1. Those who come for family reunion, two cases in which the woman is Israeli and thehusband needs a permit to enter Jerusalem. One man had a magnetic card and also a permit from the ministry of the interior but this was not enough. A woman who is Israeli and wants a permit for her husband, was sent by the Ministry of Interior to the D.C.O and then back again from the D.C.O to the Ministry of Interior. We gave them the number of the moked .2. Men are are not given a magnetic card because of “security” reasons withoutany further explanation, we gave them the number of the moked . 3. A woman who works at Saint John’s hospital, she needs to present papers form her work in order to get her maganetic card but her permit expires tomorrow and she wanted to get and extension for a couple of days in order to get all the papers from her work. The extension was denied with no further explanation, we tried to intervene without success.8:45 El Khader: crowded, no army9:00: Bethlehem Checkpoint 300 The group of 3 detainees (at the beginning of thecheckpoint) was still there, the Israeli man who drove them, probably their employer was there waiting till they get released. From the other group there were still 6 detainees waiting to be released.