Anata, Ar-Ram, Qalandiya, Thursday, 14.7.2005, AMObservers: Ruth E., Aviva W., Rama Y. (reporting)Anata. Few pedestrians, few cars. Ar-Ram. No lines. There was one detainee who had beencaught while trying to avoid the CP. His ID was withthe BPs who had apprehended him, and they haven’tarrived yet to the CP. When we arrived he was waitingalready for forty minutes. We talked to the PCcommander and then called the Ar-Ram battalioncommander, as it is against the law to separate aperson from his ID. The battalion commander said thathe would call the CP, and indeed, within five minutesthe ID was brought to the CP and checked, and the manwas released. All in all he waited for over an hour.While waiting he told us that his wife and all hischildren are in possession of Israeli blue IDs, whilehis request to acquire an Israeli ID was beingprocessed for ten years now. The other day his son’scar had been confiscated for a whole month, because hehad driven his father — an illegal alien… Another man sought our help, but we could do nothingfor him. He came from Nablus, and wanted to get to theAmerican consulate in Jerusalem for a visa, but,according to the DCO representative, there was no wayhe could enter Jerusalem without a permit, and hecould acquire it only in Tulkarm, but Tulkarm wasunder closure, so he could not get there; moreover, heis on the infamous GSS list, so he stands no chance ofhaving a permit anyhow.Qalandiya. A wall of cement slabs was added at thewest side of the new “terminal”, maybe against stonethrowers. An Israeli approached us: he is in charge ofcleaning the CP, and he asked for our impressions.Indeed, the CP is cleaner, but, he added, it getsdirty again in no time at all. We suggested garbage bins.