Jaba (Lil)
A very hard morning.
When we arrived at 5.30 there were two lines which reaches far out of the shed into the parking lot. All the turnstiles and windows were open. It seemed at the all the passages were full and the soldiers were carrying out their duties well. In the area of the shed sat many young men and also more elderly who were due to go through later. At the side a few were praying on cardboard. I fantasize about a passage which is like the terminal of the airport with areas for people to pray in
To our surprise two representatives of the World Church EAPPI were present. Lately they have not been coming on a Sunday. They said that they had arrived at 4.30 and that all had been calm.
Not 10 minutes had passed and as if without an invisible sign a group of young men rose from the benches and began to push their way in the direction of the left passage. From that moment until about 7.00 the stronger and more violent reigned. The workers pushed , climbing one on top of the other , an unpleasant growling accompanies the violence which is called “the phenomenon of the monkeys” (So I heard from Hanna Barag). For the person standing on the side the scene the scene humiliates those in the lines and fills us with a feeling of hopelessness. The workers are inclined to blame the soldiers saying that they are not activating the lines quickly enough. But to us it seems that today the soldiers has worked with efficiency. The soldier behind the fence spoke to us , listened to our requests and even asked for advice. We actually do have advice. Maybe another window passage would ease the pressure (Hanna says that there is no basis for that). Maybe if they allowed everyone who has reached the age of 55 to go through (a man of 59 and a half was refused entry) and if they would allow them to go through earlier.
The humanitarian gate opened at 5.50 (lately we have not seen it open before 6.15) and the soldier opened it whenever necessary every few minutes.
About seven things settled down . But within a few minutes the lines again went beyond the shed.
The area is fairly clean and most of the lights on are. The women from the church told us that before we arrived the lights had gone out twice…the baigel seller knows nothing of this.
We go back through the Jaba (Lil) checkpoint which is usually not manned. But this time not only is it manned but also Palestinian vehicles are not allowed to pass. We are glad that we were allowed through . We report this to Hanna who says she will find out what has caused this change..
Jaba' (Lil)
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Jaba' (Lil) In fact, the Jaba checkpoint is east of the Qalandiya checkpoint. Its declared purpose is the prevention of Israeli citizens from entering Area A. A road checkpoint for vehicles, located on Road 65, borders the southern fence of Kfar Jaba, about three kilometers east of the Qalandiya checkpoint, on the road leading to the settlement of Adam on Road 60. Archaeological excavations within the village found the remains of a cloth house from the First Temple period. The events that led to the construction of the checkpoint are precisely here: on the day of the abduction of Gilad Shalit and before the outbreak of the Second Lebanon War, a 17-year-old man from one of the settlements was abducted by a Palestinian cell. His body was found several days later at the entrances to Ramallah. A military investigation revealed that his abductors had taken him along this route. The checkpoint was set up to prevent future kidnappings and to warn settlers from traveling to Ramallah and entering Area A (which is forbidden for Israelis). The checkpoint that operates around the clock. Usually only vehicles traveling in the direction of Ramallah are inspected. (November 2016): Every morning, when the settlers en masse travel to Jerusalem on Route 60 and every afternoon they return from Jerusalem on Route 60, the army initiates a traffic jam at the entrance to the Jaba checkpoint and stops the movement of Palestinians traveling toward Route 60. (February 2020): In the last two years the checkpoint has not always been manned. Sometimes the soldiers come and just stand, sometimes they come and stop and check those who enter the village, sometimes they patrol the alleys of the village, sometimes they fire stun grenades and gas and sometimes they invade houses and stop young people, say those passing through the Hazma checkpoint. (Updated February 2020)
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