Shaked, Barta’a, Tuesday, September 20, 2005, PMObservers: Bruriah, NavaShaked, 13:45 Pupils have already gone through the checkpoint on their way home. Soldiers tell us that they now open the checkpoint between 12:00 and 14:00 because soon the olive-picking season will begin.Barta’a, 14:00 In the shed, 14 people are detained, illegal visitors to Israel. They are waiting for their identification cards to be checked against the lists of the General Security Service (Shabak).The electricity is down and there is no possibility of working with the computer. The commander (they have just changed shifts) organizes a battery for the computer so that they can work with it, and in a short time he succeeds in letting all the detainees through. The closure is still on.Traffic flows easily and there are no queues. This may be because the personnel working this shift is unusually efficient. They will be finishing their tour of duty soon,and in their place there will be new soldiers.