Tarqumiya CP, Thursday, September 28, 2006, AMWatchers: Esther and Yeela (reporting)5:05am – 6:00amBy the time we arrived many Palestinian workers had passed through the checkpoint, and even some transit cars passed us before we parked.There were many workers, at least in the hundreds. They went through the checkpoint fast and in very reasonable manner. No one waited more than five minutes while we were there. The taxis dropped the workers at the beginning of the fortified queue line, went through the security and waited shortly for the workers on the Israeli side of the borders. The soldiers said they opened the border crossing at 4:55, but it must have been at least five minutes before that. We asked the workers if there have been any serious complaints lately, and there were no such serious complaints. For some reason Sundays are more problematic than other days.Since the closure they built a fortified room with a window through which the soldiers are checking the permits. Previously they had opened 2-3 and even 4 checking points when the queue was long. How will they manage in that situation in the future. We’ll have to wait and see.We took a look at the one toilet facility in the enclosure used to transport the prison guests from one bus to the other, and it was terrible – filthy and full. These people in order to visit their family in the Israeli prisons drive often for long periods before they arrive at this point, then wait there for a long time, without any way to go to the bathroom, then are transferred to other busses and continue their journey without any bathroom facilities. This is inhumane.