Huwwara, Beit Furik, Wednesday 26.7.09, AMObservers: Ilana H., Nina S. (reporting)Occupation routine, a cab driver is hand cuffed in a detention cell because he behaved “violently”. Residents of Jenin may not pass southwards, those from Tul- Kaarem and Nablus aged 15-35 may not pass either. No passage possible for residents of the Jordan Valley via Beit Furik CP.7.45 Tapuach/Zaatra Junction – There are 50 cars in line from the north, 2 checking points and a humanitarian CP. No DCO rep in site. From the west there are 17 cars in line.8.10 -A bus is checked, all alight including mothers with very young offspring. A family with extremely young children, originally from Ramalla but living in Nablus, on their way to Ramalla, for a family visit– The husband is sent back, he is only 25! It takes 10 minutes to check the bus with 29 passengers. Why do they make all bus passengers alight and cab passengers are checked in the cab? Because they are poorer and cannot afford cab prices?8.15 – Junction roads 60/57 an active CP, fast checking.8.20 Huwwara – 3 cab drivers are detained, as they came too near the CP. One “behaved violently” and is in the detention cell, his hands cuffed. He cannot sit, only crouch. Cannot smoke or drink as his hands are cuffed behind his back. The others are in the detention enclosure. According to their words they have been here since 8 am. At 10.40 another person was sent to the detention cell and the cab driver is moved to the detention enclosure (we could not establish why). After 6 telephone calls to the humanitarian centre, at 10.50, his hands were released. Why he needs handcuffs if he is in the detention cell in unclear. Can only be a way of punishment to a person who did not do what he was told to do. And this, in spite of clear orders, told us by the humanitarian centre and army chiefs, that soldiers may not punish civilians! We followed, via the phone, their state and kept on complaining to the humanitarian centre. They were released at 13.20, 5.5 hours after they were detained!!! This too being against army orders that people may not be detained for more then 3 or 4 hours, depends who you ask.There are magnometers next to the checking points that whistle all the time. Checking is slow, part of the time there is only one girl checking at one CP, and she has to check IDs and do a physical check too. There is a dog checking cars, hidden, behind the humanitarian point.9.30 – 9.50 Beit FurikAll is very smooth. According to the soldiers, they kept the CP open last night until 2 am to enable wedding guests from Nablus to return from the wedding at Beit Furik. The soldiers complain they do not get food!On the way from Auwarta to Huwwara they are spreading barbed wire along the side of the settler’s road to stop people leaving Nablus through the fields. We were told the last terrorist captured got out through there.11.00 Junction roads 57/60 – 25 cars in line11.10 Junction Tapuach/ Zaatra – 30 cars in line from the north and 7 from the west.