Morning

At 6:45, around 30 detainees and a regular police van in addition to the BP jeep. The Palestinians said they had been waiting for an hour. The soldiers would not speak to us. Ids were returned several at a time, about every 40 minutes, among them many blue IDs. Meanwhile people, mainly young children, women and old people, were passing through the very difficult and dangerous passage. We were told that yesterday they had to open the passage themselves. Soldiers threw gas grenades in order to make them go back. There is irnoy in the wall, with some of the slabs painted with happy pictures and one with a sign "Stop the occupation". After an hour, another jeep came and drove so close to the wall, that people were forced to move away. The BP started calling names from the jeep through the loudspeaker in order to return the ID's. The soldiers refused to identify themselves. A man who works in the American consulate and has a permit (plastified) for 24 hours a day, was told by the soldiers that his ID is in the upper wall, but he wasn't allowed to go get it, and was forced to wait. Following our intervention, he was finally allowed to go up. At the upper gate there were around 60 detainees, since soldiers were taking people's fingerprints. They explained this saying that there are a lot of falsified permits. Soldiers here were kind and didn't stop old people or children. After an hour and half there were no more people there. Before we left another jeep came, driving as if people did not exist, and shouting through the loudspeaker "Tell me you don't see, move". The jeep went up to the gate and then left.