Morning

E-Ram: Very few cars and pedestrians, children go to school. Nobody is detained.Qalandya south: An Experience! A soldier standing in the path between the cement blocks asks us to show our IDs, while none of the Palestinians is asked to. A very welcome change.Qalandya north: A correct and friendly crew of soldiers, a jovial volunteer, singing and speaking fluent Arabic. Very flexible in allowing people through. But a young man and his mother are detained while their cards are being checked. We wait for about 45 minutes and call Amir (the only one who responded to our call), who promises to check with the Secret Service. A few minutes later the very young officer in charge of the Checkpoint approaches us to say that the man is about to be summoned for investigation, they are waiting for a fax stating the time hewill have to appear, and then he will be allowed to go on his way (Hebron). As we are leaving, three handcuffed young man are being led by the soldier from the south side of the Checkpoint. They were caught in Tora-Bora, and when their IDs were checked it was found that they are on the "wanted" list for an appointment with the Secret Service. The regulations require that they are handcuffed (he added that they should be cuffed by their legs too but he refrains from doing that).Surprisingly they young men did not seem alarmed, they talked with the soldiers who served them something to drink. They also served the waiting detainee and his mother).