Deir Sharaf, Mon 27.7.09, Morning

08.15 We note the posters pasted on the concrete blocks by the settlers re signs of unusual army activity.  The soldiers have not removed them.  For the most, traffic flows freely and cars with Israeli plates are continuing into Nablus.  A couple of cars are stopped and checked in the opposite direction.
 After leaving we note construction work going on by the side of the road leading to the main road.  We stop and ask one of the operators what they are doing.  We are told that they are laying water pipes on behalf of the P.A. 
 Opposite Shvut Ami we see signs of settlers on the side of the road (tents etc).  There is considerable police activity on the road.  We stop about a kilometer before the turning to Qalqilya to buy fruit from an impromptu stall by the side of the road.  The young dealer introduces himself as Tamr (Tamir he explains) and tells us how he used to work in Bat Yam and has many friends there