Bethlehem, 6.2.2006, Monday morning, Observers: Chaya A. Malca A. Natanya translating.IMPORTANT. We are told by phone that from 1.2.2006 and during the entire month no magnetic cards will be issued at the DCO Ezion and maybe even after that if the validity of the card ends September 2005. Anyone who has a magnetic card after that period will have it automatically prolonged and does not have to come to the DCO.6.00 Jerusalem: A man phoned Chaya and says that since 4.00 in the morning thousands of people have been stranded at the Bethlehem crossing and no one is allowed to pass. Chaya phones the humanitarian centre and a quarter of an hour latter the crossing is opened. Chaya was told by the soldier at the centre that the crossing is supposed to be open 24 hours a day. At 7.01 the same man phones Chaya and says that only now has he been able to pass. 7.05 El Khadr: At the crossroads there is a traffic policeman. People come to us for help with problems. One wishes to visit his wife and children. They are in Haifa. Another man cannot get the number of his “refused” file. One man who showed his magnetic card to the policeman and was allowed to pass was stopped and his documents with the permit and stamps taken from him. Another man who had a magnetic card and permit to Beitar and Maaleh Edumiem had come to Naveh Yaakov to help a friend in a building job was fined and his magnetic card taken from him. A man who had a magnetic card valid to the end of February could not get a permit. Chaya advises his lawyer to turn to Beit El. He says the lawyer has done so but was refused. Chaya advises him to turn to the Human rights Organisation and to el Chak. 8.30 On the way from El Khadr to Beit Umar a military jeep at El Arub.9.00 Beit Ummar: Because our file of complaints fills up we are late getting here. One of those waiting for us despaired and left. Only after an hour were we able to contact him and told him we would meet him in a week’s time.10.10 Nabi Yunes: People come to our car-office with requests. We go north.10.30 Beit Ummar: Another man needs our help. We go further to Alon Moreh past the big circle with many soldiers and back to DCO Ezion. It is closed in with boards. Renovations. The captain at the gate explains politely that people can go to the Palestinian DCO in Bethlehem.11.30 Back home.