Qalqiliya checkpoint
Qalqiliya checkpoint, Tuesday 19.6.07 AMObservers: Ruti C, Tom S, Elinoar B (reporting)06:30-07:15Upon arrival we stepped over to the edge of the exit checkpoint. Right away we were accosted by the checkpoint commander, a border-police sergeant, who demanded that we move back behind the red sign. Obviously there are “hot alerts” and the usual mantras. We argued, to no avail. As a policeman he has the authority to arrest us and would do so if we don’t move back within 10 minutes, he said. We did move back, not to the red sign but to the stop-sign, a few meters back. This of course is part of the ongoing debate about the proverbial white line. From where we stood we could watch the checking of the vehicles and hear nothing. We could only talk to the people as they came out. The vehicle line was long, drivers reported they’d been waiting between 30 minutes to nearly an hour. Pedestrians were checked quickly.I still remember how on its former reincarnation,3-4 years ago, we could cross the checkpoint to the Palestinian side. I, too, believe that we should take action, the sooner the better.
Qalqiliya checkpoint
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Qalqilya is surrounded on all sides by the separation barrier. The only exit from the city is in the east of the city on the road that leaves the city in an easterly direction. This is where the checkpoint was located. When the checkpoint was active until 2009 our shifts watched long queues of cars being inspected at the only exit from the city to the West Bank. The checkpoint was canceled, but there is a military presence at the entrance to the city.
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