Huwwara, Za'tara (Tapuah), Mon 21.12.09, Afternoon

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Observers: 
Elinor D., Ziyona S. (reporting)
Dec-21-2009
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Afternoon

 

 

13:50  Kafr Hars:  The entrance is open, an army jeep stationed there.

The entrance to Marda is open.  The checkpoint at Zeita Jamma’in is still closed and there’s a roadblock.

Nadim showed us the location of Kafr Yasuf, and we suddenly realized why the people from Tapuach are harassing it in particular.  If it weren’t stuck there, the way from Ariel to Tapuach would have been unobstructed.

 

14:00  Vehicles pass through the Za’tara junction without being delayed.

 

Huwwara14:40 - 
A bulldozer is drilling in the middle of the road, and piles of cement blocks can be seen on the roadside.  Soldiers are stationed in both positions – the southern one, to inspect those entering Nablus, and the northern one – to inspect those leaving.  Only Israeli vehicles are asked to show documents.  Elinor asks the soldier at the southern position what the road works are for, and he says they’re paving a new road.  It turns out that the Palestinian worker knows more than he does, and tells us that they’re widening the road (like at Anabta?).

We saw one car detained and released after a short time.  The bulldozer driving around on the road causes occasional traffic jams.

 

Majdi and his brother approach us from the direction of Nablus to sell us sweets.  The soldier chases them away.  , “Just let us buy gum,” we tell him, and the soldier replies, “People on foot aren’t permitted at the checkpoint.  We’re not leftists.”  We finally managed to buy gum and then the two were chased away from the checkpoint, while the soldier asked us to take his picture.  (Maybe that’s evidence that the soldiers do notice the civilian eye that comes to observe them, and take photographs if necessary).