At the Checkpoint
Qalandia Checkpoint, last Friday of the Ramadan, part 2
Report date:
26/09/2008
4:08
Palestinians from the West Bank wishing to get to El Aksa to pray need to go through the Qalandia Checkpoint. Before being checked at the checkpoint itself, they had to go though several other checking procedures. This was filmed at the last Friday of the Ramadan.
Filmed by Tamar Fleishman and Nur Bar-On
Qalandia Checkpoint, last Friday of the Ramadan, part 1
Report date:
26/09/2008
8:46
Palestinians from the West Bank wishing to get to El Aksa to pray need to go through the Qalandia Checkpoint. Before being checked at the checkpoint itself, they had to go though several other checking procedures. This was filmed at the last Friday of the Ramadan.
Filmed by Tamar Fleishman and Nur Bar-On.
Qualandia Checkpoint, the second Friday of the Ramadan
Report date:
12/09/2008
1:33
Many thousands of believers from throughout the West Bank are trying to reach El-Akza for the Friday prayers. They all have to go through the Qalandia checkpoint. Because of the many checkpoints inside the West Bank, many of them have to leave in the early hours of the morning to reach Jerusalem on time. At 11:45 the Israeli army closed Qalandia Checkpoint, not letting anyone through.
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Filmed by Yehudith Levin and Tamar Fleishman
Independence Day 2008
Report date:
08/05/2008
03:59
Settlers are celebrating the Israeli Independence Day in the West
Bank, while Palestinians are prevented from exiting their homes on
their Nakba memorial day.
Filmed by Yfat Doron and Hagar Lipkin
Editing by Yossi Yacov
Beit Furik Checkpoint: the Law does not Apply Here
Report date:
17/03/2008
02:29
According to army regulations, the instructions of the Israeli military legal advisor of the Occupied Territories and the international law, the army cannot forbid activists of human rights organizations from observing the checkpoints. But all if this is of no concern to the soldiers at the Beit Furik checkpoint, at the outskirts of Nablus.
Machsom Watch activist are prevented from monitoring at Huwwara checkpoint while settlers roam free
Report date:
06/03/2008
02:00
A checkpoint commander at Huwwara checkpoint closes down the checkpoint because he is trying to keep Machsom Watch activist out of the checkpoint, while Jewish settlers walk around freely in and around the checkpoint.
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Filmed by Yudith Levin
A Settler Attack at Izhar (Burin) Checkpoint
Report date:
02/03/2008
01:46
A settler tried to run over and then attacked Machsom Watch activist at the Izhar (Burin) checkpoint. The settler gave orders to the soldiers at the checkpoint and ignored a police officer who tried to call him in for questioning. Despite witnessing the entire incidence, the soldiers who were present chose not to intervene.
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Filmed by Merav Amir
Maccabim Checkpoint
Report date:
14/02/2008
04:12
Maccabim Checkpoint is located inside Occupied Palestinian land on road 443 leading from Modi'in to Jerusalem. Through this checkpoint only Palestinians who were fortunate enough to acquire work permits for working inside Israel are allowed to pass. According to these permits, they have to go back home every evening, so in order to get to their work places on time they get to the checkpoint around 3:00 a.m. every morning.
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Filmed by Neta Efroni
Dogs in Huwwara Checkpoint
Report date:
11/02/2008
02:47
Filmed at the Huwwara checkpoint, deep inside the Occupied Palestinian Territories, this video shows that the Israeli army is using dogs to check cars of Palestinians. These checks do not only take a long time and have never proven to be of any use, but are also highly offensive to Moslems who view dogs as impure animals.
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Filmed by Merav Amir.
A Checkpoint Commander Preventing Machsom Watch Activist from Entering the Checkpoint
Report date:
07/02/2008
02:19
Against explicit international law, the army is trying to keep members of a Machsom Watch activists from observing the Israeli checkpoints in Palestine.
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Filmed at Beit Furik by Yudith Levin
