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Qalqiliya, Mon 8.12.08, Afternoon
Place:
Qalqiliya checkpoint
Observers: Elisheva A. Bilha S. Ziona S. Natanya translating.
Qalqiliya.
13.40
When we got there the queue of 22 cars were at the entrance to
the city. A reserve soldier came up and asked if he could help us. We
asked why there was such a pressure of cars in the middle of the day.
But the soldier said that there was no pressure. But we saw a service
car stuck at the passage in another lane and the soldier explained to
us due to this only one passage was being used and therefore the
passage had to be used each time in a different direction. We did not
understand why the service car had to be in the centre of the lane.
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.
Ronit Dahan-RamatiAug-31-2026Nabi Elias. The gate is closed
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