Bethlehem, Thu 11.2.10, Morning

6:05 AM, Bethlehem - Rachel Crossing: already many people are standing outside. Five checking posts are open. Queues are not long. Towards 6:40,one booth closes, which causes longer queues, but movement through them is fluent.

We met the Ecumenicvolunteer, who told us that the checkpoint opened on time, but with only one metal detector working. The second one, started working towards 5:20. According to his report, there were long queues, on the Palestinian side.