Deir Sharaf, Sun 31.5.09, Afternoon

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Alix W., Susan L. (reporting)
May-31-2009
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Afternoon

13:10 Deir Sharaf

A lot of fast moving Palestinian vehicles, mainly private cars and taxis, on their way to Nablus. No checking going in, some vehicles stopped on their way out.

Note 1: this checkpoint closes at midnight, as does the checkpoint on route 60 (out of bounds for us), so the so-called "freedom of movement" for Palestinians is circumscribed by their having to be Cinderellas in their own land.

Note 2: Mention has been made earlier of painted boulders at the junction with Route 60 where, in Hebrew, an arrow states that "Area A" is straight ahead (in the direction of the former Beit Iba checkpoint) and a second garish yellow fluorescent maker states, again of course, in Hebrew, that "Shavei Shomron" is to the left. We infer from this that settlers make their way frequently towards Homesh? Unfortunately, we cannot provide eye witness data!