Qalandiya, Mon 25.1.10, Morning
I could just adopt the report Ruthi R. wrote yesterday, Sun, Jan 24.
The same lines of workers that went through the iron bars, fewer people because of the rain that keeps construction workers away.
Suddenly the line was stopped around 6:30 for no obvious reason, and after we called the DCO a few times started moving again, dew to our call or not.
A blind man was let through the humaniterien gate, but no one else and our request to let the small children through was turned down in a particularily rude way by the russien policman now also on duty.
I also agree with Ruthi that the attitude of the entire staff to any request on our part for some humane decent treatment of people in great need gets the rudest , nastiest and most uncivilized response, which really indicates their feelings towards our being there.
It is hard to watch the lack of compassion demonstrated at Qalandia, despite the fact that it has become the norm. We live with it, the Palestinien live with it and we all hate it.