Hebron and Hebron Hills, Monday 6.3.06 AMObservers: Judy U., Elena L (reporting)6:30-9:5Summary: an uneventful shift. A flying CP was observed on route 60, near Sheep’s Crossing. The soldiers were stopping and checking Palestinian vehicles. There were no detainees.HebronThe general impression is that of a ghost town.Pharmacy CP: Today there were no problems with the magnometer. The school beadle or guard was standing on the Israeli side and urging the few schoolboys whoi had still not passed the CP to hurry up (This was the same man who spoke to us on the Thursday 2/3 shift). He complained that making the kids pass through the magnometer one by one and the checking of every schoolbag which caused the machine to whistle made the passage of the kids very slow: some of them arrived late for school and others simply gave up and returned home. The soldier manning the CP said that the magnometer whistles fairly frequently and knives were then found in the schoolbags. “You mean penknives?” we asked. “No, big knives”, he replied.Kasba CP: closed. No detainees on the Palestinian side.Tel Romeida CP: very few people passed through . One of the volunteers from the Ecumenical movement (who have returned to Hebron) told us that the teachers had passed through earlier by the side of the CP, without having to go through the magnometer.Hebron HillsShim’a CP ( formerly Sansana CP): A few Palestinina workers were observed on the Israeli side having passed through the CP.Dhariya: The turn-off from route 60 was blocked as usual. A bus was parked near the road block.Dura –al Fawwar Crossing: Open to vehicles. Cement blocks on route 60. No soldiers on the ground.Sheep’s Crossing: At the beginning of the shift there were no soldiers to be seen there, but on the way home (about 9:25) a flying CP was observed on route 60. The soldiers were not interested in the pedestrians crossing between Yatta and Hebron , but were only concerned with the Palestinian cars traveling on route 60. They stopped and checked two Palestinian taxis and made the passengers get out in order to check the inside of the car. They also checked the bag carried by a young female passenger. They even checked the papers of the driver of a Palestinian police car. The checking never took more than five minutes. When we asked, one of the soldiers told us thatthey were stopping every Palestinian vehicle on route 60, and that private Palestinian cars were also allowed to travel along it (we did not see a single private Palestinian car on route 60during our shift).Shiyukh-Hebron: Open only to pedestrians as usual. No soldiers on the ground.East Halhul-Sa’ir: Open to vehicles in both directions. There was no CP on route 60.The Humanitarian Gate on route 35: closed and empty. The CP on the road was unmanned.