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Irtah, Jubara, Anabta

Place: Beit Iba
Observers: Nurit R.,Nava M.,Ilit,Hannah P.
Mar-30-2006
| Morning

Irtah, Jubara, Anabta, Thursday AM, 30 March 2006 Watchers: Nurit R., Nava M., Ilit, and Hannah P. (reporting)Irtah, 07.30 The baggage passage has opened, but at this hour no cars have arrived from the Palestinian side and there are 3 from Israel.08.00 The terminal for pedestrians is completely closed and one cannot see the Erez checkpoint.9.15 Anabta. Entrance only for Palestinian cars but Israelis who have family can pass on foot.The exit from Tulkarm is permitted only to those on foot except for those [males?] between the ages of 14-40. Those coming from the villages ofShofa and Zafrin can leave in cars and without limitations. The paucity of traffic is because of the closure in effect, and also because this isa day of memorial [and protest, commemorating an 1976 conflict between the IDF and Israeli Arabs], “Land Day”. At the exit cars wait up to an hour until they get to the checkpoint and are then turned back having waited in vain. The soldiers claim that the drivers know that there is a closure and are just taking a chance [of being allowed to pass].The soldiers claim that the drivers know that there is a closure and are just taking a chance. 10.00 Beit Iba. No one is allowed to leave and only people who live in Nablus can enter. Men and women from Tulkarm between the ages of 16 to 32 are not allowed to enter. The commander is not prepared to ease the restrictions in any way. A captain of the DCO who arrives allows two men with small children who are on their way to a doctor to go through. We tried to help students from Tulkarm to pass but a call to Gil at the DCO neither the captain could help. Suddenly the commander demanded that we go back 20 metres from the checkpoint and refused to identify himself.

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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 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.  
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