Shekh SaedWednesday, 21.6.2006, PMObservers: Idit Sh., Tsipi A. (reporter)Shekh Saed: 15:30-17:30 – We arrived at Shekh Saed through Jabel Mukaber. At the checkpoint under the “shady shed” there are two BP soldiers and a woman-soldier. Two BP Jeeps drive by from time to time but did not stop.We met two students from Abu-Dis university. One of them said: “Shekh Saed and Jabel Mukaber are one family, and now they separate us”. He told us about the difficult atmosphere at the place during the morning hours, when the village inhabitants and others arrive, like they are used to, and want to pass to Jerusalem. When the pressure grows, the soldiers throw smoke grenades and threaten with their weapons pointed everywhere.Young children who study in Jaber Mukaber have to carry with them and show a “Kushan” (a document which shows property ownership) in order to pass, and this makes them feel very humiliated. He [the student] told us that the soldiers do not allow sick people pass to the health clinic (“kupat holim”) that is near the checkpoint. So, all day long, and while they throw smoke grenades, they refuse anxiety alarmed (shocked) people or those who were hurt by smoke inhalation to get to the medical center. The soldiers do not pay any attention and do not offer any help. He also told us that when they call the police station in Jabel Mukaber to report wounded people, nobody answers.The traffic in the pass was thin. Most people entered or exited Shekh Saed in order to visit family, and one could see the people who came to accept their relatives from both sides of the checkpoint. Everyone presented their ID and only the ones with blue ID could go through. A local merchant from Shekh Saed was not allowed to deliver oil cans to Jabel Mukaber. One of the soldiers concluded resolutely “I am an officer and I tell you, you are ‘territories’, not allowed to deliver merchandise to Jerusalem”. The merchant was obstinate and unloaded the cans near the barbed wire and they stayed at the checkpoint.