Reihan, Shaked, Sat 20.6.09, Morning

06:55 - Rihan checkpoint
The upper car park area is vacant. The gate on the road in the middle of the checkpoint is closed. It will open at around 07:05.

"Good morning, beginning passage."  Dogs  bark.

We hear from the entrance post some ugly, humiliating rebukes. The gate does not close all the way. A large family enters not in groups of five, and we hear shouts in Hebrew and Arabic "Back off", or "I said shut the door! what's not understood?!"

Following the scolding , the yelling and the humiliating treatment, we ask one of the guards (in black) to call the person in charge. With in two minutes two persons arrive (wearing light blue shirts), we are granted an explanation that the people going through do not understand the instructions and so, they need to shout at them, in order for  them to  follow the orders. We don't give in to that, hoping that someone would order the shouter to stop. It is hard to tell whether it's been done or not because in the meantime the number of those going inside kept decreasing.
A second inspection window did not open.

Passage time from entrance to exit is about 20 minutes.

Towards 08:00 we were puzzled by the absence of our Saturday acquaintances, those whom we usually meet around  07:30, as they come out.

Around 08:15 they came out claiming that they were held inside for a long time. They were the first to arrive, at 07:00 or even earlier and among the first to get out.

At the upper car park area there are 8 vans.

Quiet. no traffic. a car that arrives, goes through immediately.