Beit Iba, Thu 22.11.07, Morning

Place:

Beit Iba

Observers:

Nina S., Yardena T. (reporting)

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Nov-22-2007

Morning

A quiet morning, no exceptional occurrences.

We drove past Jubara , stopped for a short look at Anabta – the checkpoint was calm, no lines, and continued to Beit Iba.

8.00 Beit Iba
Few pedestrians are crossing, coming in and going out of Nablus. Even ladies' bags are being checked. It seems to us that compared with other visits to Beit Iba, there are more soldiers checking at the checkpoint today. The checkpoint is undergoing big changes. Today the soldiers have lost their checking cubicle and are stationed behind the little wall adjoining the passage.
There are not many cars and when the line got rather long, two checking points were opened.

Due to personal problem we were called back home and therefore left early stopping shortly at Anabta.

8.50 Anabta
There were 5 cars in line leaving Tul Karem. They passed quickly.

Location Description

Beit Iba

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A perimeter checkpoint west of the city of Nablus. Operated from 2001 to 2009 as one of the four permanent checkpoints info-icon closing on Nablus: Beit Furik and Awarta to the east and Hawara to the south. A pedestrian-only checkpoint, where MachsomWatch volunteers were present daily for several hours in the morning and afternoon to document the thousands of Palestinians waiting for hours in long queues with no shelter in the heat or rain, to leave the district city for anywhere else in the West Bank.
From March 2009, as part of the easing of the Palestinian movement in the West Bank, it was abolished, without a trace, and without any adverse change in the security situation.