Shaked, Rihan, Sunday, March 12, 2006, AMObservers: Chana H, Sandra R, Leah R (reporting)07:00 – 10:00 Shaked, 07:00 The checkpoint is open. The small children are crossing without inspection.A few adults arrive, but are not allowed to cross to the seam zone. A man with a donkey tries to persuade the soldiers to let him through. From his hand gestures, he wants to go somewhere close by – but it is useless.A woman is not allowed to pass, and she goes back. Another woman crosses to the Palestinian side on condition that she return by way of Rihan. She nods her head, but it is doubtful that she understood.We ask what is happening, and the soldier replies that these are the regulations, but will not say any more. Rihan, 08:00 Crossing began at 05:15. Lively traffic of trucks with vegetables and eggs, which are offloaded, reloaded in the parking lot and again at the vehicle checkpoint. Someone tells me that he is the only provider for his family of 18. He said that a relative was caught at Ein Sahle and sentenced to three months in prison and a NIS 1,000 fine. At the crossing point into the West Bank, a Border Policeman is standing; he complains that the Border Police have got a bad name. I told him that there have been a few reports of violence.Transit time in the terminal is 8-13 minutes. Not many people right now.We, for a change, have freedom of movement. We can approach the soldiers and go to the Palestinian parking today; there is closure in honor of Purim.