Northern Checkpoints Yabed, Barta`a: As usual, nothing good
15.30. Yabed-Dotan checkpoint.
Soldier: Move, because soon we will be unloading.
We: What is ‘unloading’?
Soldier: Checking cars.
We: Is this a regular procedure at this hour?
Soldier: No, when I feel like it.
We did not move immediately. Meanwhile, traffic zigzags without delay between the cement blocks. When we turned to return to our car the ‘unloading’ began, under the supervision of a soldier who stood on a raised position with a gun aimed at the cars on the road.
There was checking of papers and occasional opening of trunks of cars arriving from areas A and C, and of cars with yellow/Israeli plates going to the West Bank.
Because he felt like it, did the soldier.
16.15. Barta’a-Reihan checkpoint.
As usual, noisy and crowded at the end of the day’s work.
17.10. Tura-Shaked checkpoint.
As usual, quiet and dirty.