Huwwara, Thursday, September 9, PMObservers: Shalva C., Yael A., Roni K. (reporting)Guest:Ilana G., peace activist, a US resident* On this shift, we were in both Beit Iba and Huwwara. We stayed in Huwwara for about two and a half hours, from 4:15 onwards.Given the events, we were at Huwwara South most of the time.Main Event: An early warning of a female suicide bomber paralyzed the checkpoints for three hours. We arrived just before all this ended, and the sight was incredible: hundreds upon hundreds – if not thousands – of people were waiting in long, dense lines, streching far beyond the checkpoints. About 20 minutes later, Y., a high parachute officer, arrived and simply let the crowd go – no checks, no nothing. From then on, rivers of people flocked in both directions, in a kind of strange exodus. It all seemed a bit surreal, because revelers on their way to a wedding were in the crowd, including some women with darbukas in hand, and there was even one lady all in white, with a wreath on her head. Soon after, 15 detainees who had been waiting in the shade were released. Two of them told us that they were kept there since the morning (and that must be true given the events – we are talking of at least 6 or 7 hours).Once things settled down, Y. approached us and told us that no ammunition was found in the suspected woman`s belongings. Instead they found a lot of money and she was taken for further investigation. Y. was positive towards us. His attitude projected on the other soldiers, because from then on they treated people without hassle, and in a short, correct manner. That applied to some detainees who generally did not wait for long. One of them was a youngster with an old Jordanian passport, who came alone to visit his relatives in Nablus.We stayed at Huwwara North for a short time. The situation there seemed similar. After the large “exodus” about 10 detainees remained sitting in the shade, some of them had waited for 5 hours.* Just as we were about to leave, some drivers in the taxi area approached us. They complained of being harassed during the morning hours at TAPUAH junction, and asked for some presence of MW during those hours.