'Azzun 'Atma, Wed 30.6.10, Morning

Translation:  Suzanne O.

Azun Atma

6: 30 a.m. 

There is a crowded queue of about 100 people with two people checking (they inspect ID cards and permits through a chink in the window), at this rate the queue will go on for about an hour.

We spoke to the soldiers about the need to find a way to speed up the inspection.  They were polite and said it was not up to them, they don't have enough manpower and these are their orders.

A command car arrives suddenly; a lieutenant alights, goes to the main gate, opens it and starts to inspect those leaving manually.  He calls the soldiers over and shows them what the pace of an inspection should be.  From a distance it appears as if they are arguing with him but it didn't help them and the queue was dealt with in a quarter of an hour.

Agricultural Gate

7:30 a.m.  .

We were informed by the MachsomWatch team that a few hundred metres away there is an entrance via a gravel road and there is a gate there.  We found out the opening times from the DCO, who told us that it opens from 7:30 a.m.  We arrived there but no one was present.  We found out that it was opened from 5:30 a.m., as requested by the locals.