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Morning

Observers: MW
Apr-02-2003
| Morning

There was no checkpoint in Tantur so people could pass freely.At El Khadr, there was a border police jeep with 3 soldiers, who checked anyone whowanted to enter the village. People arrived in buses, (which have in the front window a permission to circulate, usually a month), or by foot. The soldiers asked them to stand in a line and checked them one by one. People with blue cards or permission we allowed to pass. After 20 minutes another jeep came and 20 minutes after the two jeeps left the place, so that people could pass freely.A man in El Khadr told us that he had to work in Beitar today (he has his permission) but the security man from the settlement didn’t allow him to enter. This man had his permission plastified because he said that sometimes when soldiers are not in a good mood, they tear the permission up. This man also told us that his house was demolished because it was closed to a bus stop (line 60).We distributed a lot of cards of the Moked.Another man asked for help to get permission to meet his wife and children who live in Beit Tzafafa. Since he is not allowed to enter Jerusalem, they meet once a week at the checkpoint. At 8:15 we met a member of MW at checkpoint 300 to help her pass a family — parents and their 6 year old son, who is going blind. She was going to take them to Saint John’s Ophthalmic Hospital to meet a specialist. They didn’t have a permit.We explained the situation (nicely) to the commanding officer and he allowed thefamily to pass.

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