Irtah-Jubara, Thursday 7.7.2005, PMObservers: Rena D, Shlomit K, Nurit R, Hannah U. (reporting)Summary: at both checkpoints occupation-routine both tiring and oppressive.3:45: At the new passage some ten returning workers stand in line. They tell that even though the passage was opened in the morning at 4:30, it takes a long time, usually two hours, much longer than the passage during the old situation.A female soldier from the military police occupies the point of examination. The line gets longer, as the soldiers who give cover (youngsters in their obligatory military service) signal the workers to proceed five at the time.The female soldier tells us that an order was given for us not to stand there. We object and ignore her order. She also ignores us, somewhat taken aback. 4:00: The officer in charge who we know, opens an additional position and lets the stream of arrivals pass efficiently and quickly. One of the workers asks about the hour of closing – he heard on the news yesterday that the installation will remain open until midnight. But the news is one thing, and reality another: it is made clear to him that the installation will continue to be closed at 5:30, maybe 6:00. After that one must pass through Jubara. One person is detained on the side, does not talk to us. On our query, the soldier explains that he is not allowed to pass here and he is under investigation. Later on we see him walking in the direction of Jubara. The first position is closed (“problems with the computer”) and again the line lengthens. 4:30: two more positions open up and the line starts to dissipate. 4:40: At our request, the officer shows us this morning’s point of examination – sophisticated, electronic devices, but the bottle-neck of the three positions of examination one-ate-time is the luggage. According to her the examination has proven its worth because explosives have been found. Jubara4:45: A heavy and hostile atmosphere. A line of men at the exit from Jubara next to the fences that look like pens. A female soldier (apparently a volunteer from the “seam-line”) with a stern look on her face examines papers and does not let one slip through, and refuses to talk to us. Across from her position, in the heat 2 youngsters and some older men wait for passage. One of them complains that he is married to an Israeli woman in Nazareth, lives in Nablus and usually passes without difficulty, this time he is held up. Our attempts at clarification is met with “you are bothering me”. Also the soldiers (from the Nahshon unit) refuse to talk to us and even refuse to say who is the commander of the checkpoint.Even so, maybe our presence has some influence, and the married man from Nablus passes. 5:15: we left.