Transit drivers gathered around us and told us all their problems that recently became more acute. They have to check their passengers and refuse to take "shbachim" (Palestinians having no permit to enter Israel). If they are caught they are being invest

We arrived just after a smoke grenade has been thrown over to the eastern side of the blockade. The border policemen told us that they had to react to stones that were earlier thrown on them from that area. The only passage that was allowed for the Palestinians.

There was no checkpoint. What we did see that the transit drivers were not taking passengers without a blue i.d. or without working permits. The border patrol are stopping taxis and transits and if they find a passenger without the proper i.d. they are