Qalandiya, Ar-Ram, Thurs. 3.8.06 morning, (Tih’a Be’Av) Rotem A., Mili M. (reporting)7.30 Qalandiya (coming from 443)Very few people coming out and a short line, maybe due to the date and certainly due to the closure. A physician is coming out of the terminal very relieved: it was very quick to-day. He lives in Ar-Ram and works in Augusta Victoria. Has to walk everyday for 20 minutes to Ma’avar Atarot and then to wait for an hour for his turn to get through. HE WONDERS WHY THEY DO NOT MAKE A SPECIAL LINE FOR CHILDREN, TEACHERS AND MEDICAL PERSONNEL. IS THIS A QUESTION THAT WE CAN RAISE SOMEWHERE? On the way from Ar-Ram to Qalandiya along the wall there is road construction that requires a detour through a very dubious path. We turned back to 443, a luxury Palestinians can not afford. Ar-Ram – 8.0010 detainee. The BP soldiers do not know how long they are there because they are not “theirs” they are only “stored” with them (the BPs’s terms). An officer who came later explains that they “cut the fence” in order to avoid checkup. They are there till we leave (around 9.00) the officer exlained that they are waiting for the police jeep to bring the necessary papers so that their permits will be confiscated. A police woman in a police car is parked in the middle of the CP, checking questionable cards with the Police Center.Two incidents of men with blue IDs who want to pass and are being stopped by the soldiers and asked for their numbers on the list. None knows – apparently because the list has been changed lately and they have not learned their new number. In both cases one soldier tells them that they have not the slightest chance of passing, they should not waste their own time and go to Ma’avar Atarot. In both cases the Paletinians insist on their right to get through. Another soldier intervened and suggested the genious idea that they check whether these people are on the list that the soldiers hold. In both cases the names are on the list, these men learn their new numbers and go on their way. A boy, about 12 years old carrying two small plastic bags and has no papers is not allowed to pass. He gets a mobile phone from one of the detainees and burst out crying as he is talking on the phone. Another soldier approaches him, he can barely talk between crying spells and fear. Rotem questions the soldier whether it is necessary to send him back, the soldier immedately checks the plastic bags of the boy and lets him pass. Two incidents of old people, an old man and an old woman, are let through with orange cards. It takes 25 minutes for a car to get through the CP, although the line is not long. The card of each passenger is being matched according to the list and if necessary is checked by the policewoman.