Huwarra, Saturday 30.9.2006,PMObservers: Semadar H. Tal B. (reporting)Natanya translating.Summary; A violent and callous attitude of the soldiers to the Palestinians, no consideration given to the fact of the holiday. And at the crossroads of Hawarra and Beit Furik particularly slow checking.15.00 -The gate at Marda is open and there are no soldiers.15.05 Za’atra. The checkpoint is empty.The checkpoint of Burin (Yizhar) in the direction of Jit. No cars. There are soldiers.15.10 Hawarra. About 80 people at the checkpoint, angry and shouting. No humanitarian line. A long line of cars exiting. None going in. Only after we arrive is a humanitarian line opened. Time of waiting between one to two hours. 6 detainees who tried to bypass the checkpoint have been there 45 minutes. 15.45 Beit Furik. Many cars leaving Nablus and only one lane for checking which is very slow and there are many people at the checkpoint in the direction of Nablus. A truck has to unload everything and then reload. All the passengers wait at the side. The commander says 10 minutes, people say two hours. The military police . “Who told you to come forward? Get the hell back.” 50 people in the line. The checking of cars speeds up slightly.The centre: Residents of Tulkarm and Jenin pass with careful checking of those 16-30. Maybe Nablus is in closure. 16.44 Back to Hawarra where the detainees have been freed and there are 5 in the isolation. The commander says that twice they caused a disturbance in the line and they have been put into the isolation by mistake. Soon he will move them to the enclosure. And so he did. A taxi is checked for 10 minutes. An ambulance three. 3 of the people of the District Coordinator’s Office are having a break.There is a humanitarian line. 4 more detainees for the same reason . All the nine are sent to the back of the line to be taught a lesson.A man with sacks on his back left Nablus with no checking. The soldier ran after him and called him to stop which he did not.The soldier runs after him with his weapon drawn. When he got to him he hit him and pushed him violently towards the checkpoint. We shouted at him so that all the checkpoint heard. The soldiers were rude and violent with many hand movements. Two more detainees. A young man from Talpit is registered on the computer as being from Nablus and the soldiers do not let him pass. He says he passes there every day. The centre checks and says he is from Nablus and cannot pass but eventually after being questioned he is allowed through. A man from Ramallah arrives in his car with his colleague and wants to go from Nablus to Ramallah but the car is not registered on his name and he cannot do so.We leave Hawarra. At Burin (Yizha) manned but no cars.Za’atra. 4 in the direction of Hawarra and from the west nothing. Two cars behind the checkpoint.