Bethlehem area, Monday morning, 1.5.2006Observers; Ada G., Chaya A., Idit and Malka A.Natanya translating7.00 From Jerusalem to Beit Jalla and El Khadr.At the crossroads of El Khadr there are soldiers and much paper work. 8.30 We go south. The police are polite at the Husan crossroads. There is a traffic jam and a procession of crawling cars. Much paper work at Beit Ummar and Nebi Yunis. 8.45 DCO Ezyon: 10s of Palestinians wait in cars and the area of the hut. Between the toilet and the fence which by the turnstiles about 40 people are crowded together in an area of 2 by 3 metres. They are waiting for the door of the hut to open. In the hut sit or stand 10s of people and another 10 waiting on the lane which leads between the two high fences to the door through which one enters to the windows. While we are there more people arrive and there is much pressure.IMPORTANT. The people ask that a door be put at the exit of the hut where they wait to the turnstile at the entrance so as to eliminate the pressure. In this way more people will be able to enter and sit down while they wait for hours in all sorts of weather.At 8.45 people who have permits to hospitals and who have received magnetic cards begin to leave. By 9.55 8 have received magnetic cards and four have received permits to go to hospital with those attending them. Then we hear a voice from the loud speaker accompanied by a harsh noise…”Today there is no reception of people at the police window. All those who have come to A. of the police and have waited 6 hours in line will have to come again another day and try their luck. And it is not clear if there will be reception of people even on other days because of Memorial Day and Independance Day. All together 30 women and men left between 8.45 to 11.30 , 12 people with magnetic cars and 10 with permits. Two of them were for those who wished to travel within the occupied areas and 7 young people were “security refused.” We left at 11.30