Beit Iba, Sun 23.12.07, Morning

Place:

Beit Iba

Tags:

Flying Checkpoints

Observers:

Yael A. Rachel H. Leah S. Natanya translating.

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Dec-23-2007

Morning

Beit Iba

8.00 Many pedestrians and cars. The pedestrians in both directions are checked quickly and while we were there no one was detained. There was a long line of cars and some of the kiosk owners say that people wait two hours. This seems to be most exaggerated as while we were there cars passed in a steady stream and the line shortened quickly. Last time we were here locals said that this long line is a daily occurrence and will only end when the road is widened. We saw no cars detained. The commander refused to speak to us and the soldiers although very closed were polite.

Many of the locals turned to us abut a rolling checkpoint at Jit which causes great pressure and a long wait. We have heard this story many times so we phoned Elisheva about it so that she could contact whoever could help and maybe the afternoon shift can go and check it out themselves.

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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.