Jubara & surroundings, Tuesday 16.05.06 AMObservers: Maya M, Ruti C, Elinoar B (reporting) 06:15 Irtah The facility is quite deserted. A lone bus is waiting for thefamilies of prisoners, but the driver is not to be seen. 06:20-07:00 JubaraAbu Hatem complains again of lack of income – we arejust about his only customers. We are told by people of the villagethat very soon the gate to village is going to be permanently closed;entrance, they say, will be allowed only through the upper(“children’s”) gate. This means driving through the underpass,involving a detour. The sergeant in charge does not give us a clearanswer, but it seems this is not an idle rumour. Up at gate 753 (“children’s “) the soldiers today are less aggressivethan last week, and the passage of the many agricultural workers isefficient. The school busses pass safely as well. If the above rumoursare true, we shudder to think how long it’s going to take for them tomake the short distance from Tul Karm here. 09:15-10:00 AnabtaOn our way back from Beit Iba we stop here. The usualrestrictions apply: men 15-30 are not allowed out (today, includingstudents), vehicles – only from Shufa, Saffarin & Beit Lid.Upon arriving we see an angry young woman who has just been allowed togo on, she murmurs something under her breath. The soldier says hechecked her thoroughly. She looked suspicious “because she wastrembling all over”. A detainee is sitting on the ground, waiting forhis ID to be checked. Eventually he feels he’s had enough and asks usto ask the soldier to return his ID, he’ll go back. The soldiercomplies with our request. Vehicles and passengers are checked thoroughly. Each driver is told toturn off the ignition key, the point of the gun is thrust into thecar.