Qalandiya, Wed 9.5.12, Morning

05:00 We were amazed to see the hall empty. It seems to us that the  group of soldiers at the  checking window points work efficiently
On the other hand,the Palestinians say that on other days it is the same long and slowly process.
Again ,at the car check we were told to leave the car and go through the pedestrian checkpoint since we are not related to the driver. Since we didn't want to delay the cars behind us we  just left and met Liliana at the exit and continued to Il Jib.One man  met us at the exit and smiled and said : "So, how does it feel to be an Arab?" Right  before that the surprised woman soldier who checked our IDs snapped at us:" So, what do you achieve by all this?"   
.Il Jib  - the pastoral checkpoint at the back of a gas station. - these two elements give this checkpoint a bizarre feel. People get gas at the gas station and have no idea who are the people at the corner and no idea what their lives are like. And the checkpoint set at the edge of fruit and olive orchards adds to the bizarre feel.
There was a line but the checkpoint services about 600- 800 people and if all goes well...