Qalandiya, Sun 7.7.13, Morning

We got to the checkpoint at 05:00.  The lines arrived up to the tea/coffee vendor. All five gates were open, so it should have been faster.

The EAPPI volunteer said it was moving very slowly.  By 06:45 I called the Matak and I was transferred to the soldier.  She said she was arriving in a few minutes and will check.  She was new to the checkpoint, according to her behavior.  I have never seen her before. 

Someone called the EAPPI volunteer and said the carrousel at the exit was stuck and no one was able to leave the checkpoint on the other side. When she crossed, it took her 50 minutes throu gate 1.  She said the metal detector was not working, and bags were passed four and five times throu it.  Some people whose bags couldn't be scanned had to leave them there.  The volunteer was checked for four minutes, her passport, her visa, were scrutinized thoroughly.

At 06:05 the humanitarian gate was open. Many people were trying to go throu it because of the long line which at that moment reached deep into the parking lot.  The police man, who has been there for a long time was very nasty, screaming "back, go back" at anyone who did not comply with the directives of who can go throu the humanitarian gate.

I asked him a question and he just spat to me: mind your own business!  And you can write it in the report if you want!

A second EAPPI volunteer who came into our side, crossed back and it took her 55 minutes.

We left at 07:00, there was a long line but back to normal, and flowing