Huwara

Hawara north and south, Saturday 26 February, 2005 (morning)watchers: Amalia W, Hedva A, Liora D, Hanna BTapuach: 08:00 - 23 cars are waiting to be checked. The drivers tell us that they are there since 07:00. The soldiers, who behaved impeccably, checked the pedestrians first. Nurit suggested to divide the queue into two lines - for women children and elder men, and the rest of the pedestrians. The suggestion was implemented, and the queue dispersed in no time. Finally the cars started to move too.Hawara North and South: fast and smooth passage for pedestrians - even though the KAROSELOT are in use. Parcels of all kinds are checked through the machine - and there is a table to catch them on the exit. Detainees are not waiting more than 10 minutes to be checked. Because of Friday nights attack in Tel Aviv people living in the Jenin area are mainly stopped. (later we learned from the radio that the terrorist came from Tul Karem). Our intervention was not needed - but it is extremely important to demonstrate presence.