Irtach, Aras, Anabta, Beit Iba, Jit
Irtach, Aras, Anabta, Beit Iba, Jit, Sunday 11.2.200, AfternoonObservers: Saran B. Naomi K. (reporting)Natanya translating.General’ The movement had all the checkpoint flowed. Limitations of men and women between 16-30, mainly in the area of the Palestinian Authority in the direction of Israel. Wherever we went the soldiers were calm and pleasant.7.15 Irtach- Many people and cars in the parking lot.Some 10s of people waiting at the turnstiles. Workers and people going to visit those in prison.Although the Palestinians said that the passage had been swift and the morning we good we tried to find out from the administrator of the terminal why there were so many people. He answered openly and willingly that there had many hitches that morning . Everything went wrong. He asked us to check. He asked what had happened to the playgrounds for the children of visitors which one of our women had promised. He did not remember her name. He said she had phoned and said they had been bought and they were looking for a way to bring them to Beer Sheva. Who knows about this?7.40 Jubara Everything is flowing and at the side of the road are police to try to track stolen cars. 7.50 Aras A number of people including women alighted from a bus for checking. There is an alert for a 26 year old woman. We went on to the village of Kur to visit archaeological remains. Nice people, wonderful view. Thanks for the tip.9.45 Anabta- Everything flows. 10.25 Beit Iba Flowing. We asked how come and how come everything was so quiet and were told that it was probably because the checkpoint was manned by reserve soldiers. Again drivers asked us to help with the opening of the passage at Shave Shomron.11.15 Jit 7 cars. No detainees. It seems that before there were delays but this I only realized when I got home and got Naveh’s message.
Beit Iba
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A perimeter checkpoint west of the city of Nablus. Operated from 2001 to 2009 as one of the four permanent checkpoints closing on Nablus: Beit Furik and Awarta to the east and Hawara to the south. A pedestrian-only checkpoint, where MachsomWatch volunteers were present daily for several hours in the morning and afternoon to document the thousands of Palestinians waiting for hours in long queues with no shelter in the heat or rain, to leave the district city for anywhere else in the West Bank. From March 2009, as part of the easing of the Palestinian movement in the West Bank, it was abolished, without a trace, and without any adverse change in the security situation.
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