Deir Sharaf, Mon 11.5.09, Afternoon
14:40 – We stand next to the cement barriers, at a distance of about 40 meters from the soldiers' station. Three soldiers stand next to the southern station, and 2 next to the northern one. The soldiers see us and one of them comes all the way from the station to the cement barriers in order to ask us not to come close to the checkpoint. "Those are the orders", he says to us. "Who gave the orders?" we ask, and he answers, "that is all I know", and returns to his station.
Polluted water flows from the channel on the southern side of the road.
The traffic moves swiftly with no delays. When the number of vehicles is small, the soldiers stop some at random and request IDs. A military vehicle approaches blowing its siren and passes through the checkpoint.
Deir Sharaf checkpoint
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Deir Sharaf checkpoint is located west of Nablus and south of the settlement of Shavei Shomron, at the entrance to the village of Deir Sharaf on the road leading to Nablus. The checkpoint was activated in early March 2009 after the Beit Iba checkpoint was closed. Palestinians are allowed through the checkpoint , but not for Israelis. Unlike the checkpoints leading to Qalqilya and Tulkarm, crossing of Israeli Palestinians is only allowed on Saturdays.
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