Qalandiya, Tuesday, 9.8.05, PMObservers: Shlomit R., Roni H. (reporting), Mechtild E., (guest)QalandiyaThere is closure and only few people are on their way. The checkpoint seems almost deserted.I experience the environs of Qalandiya through the eyes of a newcomer to checkpoint-land and realize again how violent and extrinsic the military installation is imposed upon civil life. Even the colors are alien. The checkpoint and its routine has created an island of “fourth world” character, which stands in crass contrast to Jerusalem neighborhoods only 10 minutes away.Ar-RamThree Palestinians, hunted down in the vicinity, are detained. Our intervention speeds up the process of filling out forms und soon the 3 are released.Another day in the life under occupation….