Reihan, Shaked, Sun 23.12.07, Morning

Reihan, Shaked, 07:05 - 09:20
07:45 Reihan CheckpointAt 06:20 two girls post-transplants arrived at the checkpoint, with a volunteer from the Bereaved Families Forum, on their way to Hadassah Jerusalem for continued treatment. The girls have a permit for Reihan and went through immediately. We met them when they were waiting for another patient. Anwar Hozla from Yabed, suffering from cancer, with a catheter attached and in a wheelchair, travelling to a Palestinian hospital in Jerusalem. His permit did not stipulate Reihan, but according to the volunteer there was an agreement with the army that patients must be allowed to pass for treatment at any checkpoint, because they are dependent on transport. Not only did they prevent the patient from passing to the vehicle of the volunteer, which was located by the vehicle checkpoint, but they also compelled him to pass through the terminal and delayed him there from 06:45 to 08:15. After 07:45 his case was given faster treatment by virtue of our phone call to Sharon, who is in charge of the checkpoint (and he also promised me that they would draw conclusions from the incident).

Pedestrian traffic flowing in both directions. At this hour the delay in the terminal is also not long, but to judge by the noise there are a lot of people inside.

At the lower parking lot, 12 vehicles with cargo are waiting. The first four are taken into the inspection area at 07:00 and come out only at 08:26. At 08:30 three more vehicles are taken in, and after a loud altercation between the drivers and Rabia (in charge of the area), a fourth is also brought in. Under the roof, four passenger cars are inspected for more than half an hour.

I. tells us that at Mevo Dotan all last week, passage was allowed only to residents of Yabed and Amricha, and drivers only with Reihan permits.