Jalama, CP 250 4/7/2004 Watchers: Anna G., Dalit Y., Neta G. Jalama, 8:40. Only few are waiting, mostly merchants with merchandise. All the women and laborers have crossed already. A third lane for crossing was added to shorten the line of those waiting. The checkpoint commander commented that shortening the waiting time for passing through is a shared interest for both sides. A Palestinian with a tricycle and a Palestinian boy with a supermarket cart helped passing merchandise from the checkpoint to the cabs.At 9:10 the third lane was closed and shortly after that the second lane was closed too, and the few remaining individuals passed through the one lane with the electronic gate, which also has minimal shade for the soldiers. There is still no water container available for those waiting to pass through. Commander Y. was unaware of commander A.’s promise regarding this matter last week.The cargo area opened early, at 7:00 a.m. There was no line of cargo trucks waiting to cross. CP 250, 9:30. Passing is generally smooth; checking is for modeling only. Commander M. said that this checkpoint was deactivated for a few days, but was reactivated upon request by the residents of the settlements of Ganim and Kadim. We returned to Jalama checkpoint. The commander arranged for us to meet S. from the DCO, who gave us his mobile phone number and said that we can call anytime. We asked him to provide water for those waiting to pass through. He replied that he would look into it. 10:15. We left the checkpoint without significant problems.