Beit Furik, Sun 7.12.08, Afternoon

Place:

Beit Furik

Observers:

Noa P., Judit B., Tal H. reporting

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Dec-7-2008

Afternoon

Translation: Tal H.

16:00 Beit Furik

Pedestrians are checked but not all the time. Vehicles are checked, both entering and exiting, but not all the time.

Works are in progress ; concrete slabs moved around, taken away, brought - and the shed that is about to lose its security functions, as we heard from various sources, a chicken wire lid is added, just so it may be ready for re-use, in case.

Anyway, today pedestrians still have to suddenly face a locked turnstile when they wish to enter Nablus, and wait and wait, and then finally when it opens, they get through without a check. For the Palestinians - the holiday of sacrifice, Eid al Adha,

for the Israeli army - the feast of arbitrariness.

In any case, only Beit Furik residents are allowed through here, just as always.

We witness the taking down of the Israeli flag which is then tied to a lower pole for the time being.

At the exit from the taxi park towards Beit Furik village, the brand new yellow metal gate already stands, to be locked every evening at 9 p.m. and reopened in the morning.

Location Description

Checkpoint Beit Furik

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One of the three internal checkpoints that closed on the city of Nablus - Beit Furik to the east, Hawara to the south, Beit Iba to the west.
The checkpoint is located at the junction of Roads 557 (an apartheid road that was forbidden for Palestinians), leading to the Itamar and Alon Morea settlements and Road 5487. The checkpoint was established in 2001 for pedestrians and vehicles; The opening hours were short and the transition was slow and very problematic.

Allegedly, the checkpoint is intended to monitor the movement to and from Nablus of the residents of Beit Furik and Beit Dajan, being the only opening outside their villages.
Since May 2009 the checkpoint is open 24 hours a day, the military presence is limited, vehicles can pass through it without inspections, except for random inspections. (Updated April 2010)