Jubara / Anabta, Monday PM, March 6, 2006.Watchers: Niva D., Yona A., Tzona Sh. (reporting)Jubara: At the entrance to the village, the soldier welcomes us. He is interested in knowing what we are doing there. When we tell him that we would like to see if the children’s bus has arrived, he opens the gate, welcoming us again without checking the lists [i.e. of “recognized” MachsomWatch staff]. Up the road we see that the children’s bus is empty and further on we see the children walking home.Unlike previous practice [i.e. only to open it for a brief spell when children are one their way to school], the Schoolchildren’s Gate is open. A Humvee is stationed near the fence facing the patrol road and two soldiers and an officer are standing next to it. In response to our question, they say that the opening hours of the gate have been expanded and it is now open until 14:00. As a result, people were spared the checking of the bus at the southern exit of Tulkarm and then again at the main entrance – common sights in the past. A man with a cart and a donkey gets to the patrol road. The soldier calls him. He says that his family lives near by and the soldier let him pass.14:15 – A boy, about 11 years old, insists on entering Jubara. He claims that he lives there, adding that his father died and his mother is hospitalized in Ramallah. He is coming from his uncle in Tulkarm and he hasn’t got any documents. The soldiers say that he is lying and that he lives in Tulkarm. They send him back home (to Tulkarm).Anabta: 14:45 At the entrance to Tulkarm, the line of cars ends fast. Today everyone is allowed to get in, except for Israeli vehicles. Pedestrians are entering without being checked. Getting out is slower, but in contrast to the past, one soldier checks the vehicles and another checks the pedestrians.A youth who lives in Nakura and studies in Tulkarm approaches us. He tells us that the officer wants him to talk to him in Hebrew but he can speak only Arabic. It turns out that during what seemed to be a dialogue between the deaf, the officer took his I.D. card. Finally, he gives it back to him and the youth walks away.