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Bethlehem – Checkpoint 300, 15:30 PM: because the DCL continued
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Bethlehem, Etzion DCL, Thu 10.11.11, Afternoon
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Bethlehem (300)
Etzion DCO
Observers: Slomit S., Ora A. (reporting). Ilil N.-B.(translating).
Etzion DCL, 13:30 PM: a dozen men and women waited in the hall near the carousel. At 13:40, everyone was brought inside. Several additional people arrived and sat in the hall. After a short period, those who’d received magnetic cards started to exit and those awaiting were brought in. Everything proceeded quietly and with no incident.
A sad-looking man approached us and showed us a receipt for 500 shekels that he’d paid, he said, to release his son from jail. The son had been taking from his home and told that the reason was nonpayment of traffic fines. The father said his son has no car, and it’s not clear why he was actually fined and arrested.
An older man tells us he’s been waiting for several hours for his daughter-in-law who’d been released in the Shalit deal. She’d been called to the GSS this morning and still isn’t out. His son, her husband, is still in jail.
A younger man arrived at the hall, also released in the Shalit deal.
A sad-looking man approached us and showed us a receipt for 500 shekels that he’d paid, he said, to release his son from jail. The son had been taking from his home and told that the reason was nonpayment of traffic fines. The father said his son has no car, and it’s not clear why he was actually fined and arrested.
An older man tells us he’s been waiting for several hours for his daughter-in-law who’d been released in the Shalit deal. She’d been called to the GSS this morning and still isn’t out. His son, her husband, is still in jail.
A younger man arrived at the hall, also released in the Shalit deal.
Bethlehem – Checkpoint 300, 15:30 PM: because the DCL continued
to operate with no problems, we drove on to the Bethlehem checkpoint. All lanes, apart from the last one, were empty. The gate was open and those who arrived passed without being examined.
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 .
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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.
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