Huwwara – Marda, 29.6.06 PMObservers: Edna K., Yardena T., Judith L.(reporting)Natanya translating14.45 Marda…. from the right on the lowest part of the road we see an opening (made by someone) in the fence which surrounds it. Later we will understand this better. At the northern entrance, theonly one which is open, soldiers stand at the gate and a little distance from them towards the east on a hillock stands a soldier with a drawn rifle who is guarding them. We did not see cars or people ( we had not seen the reports) and we continue.14.50 Za’atara. 2 soldiers at the checkpoint in the westerly direction , the soldiers from the north and there are no lines, the traffic flows. The checking is short.Burin…CP no soldiers.15.00 Hawarra. 18-25 from Nablus not allowed to pass, 2 lines for checking and one humanitarian. The normal check is 15 minutes. Lift the shirt, lift the end of the trousers above the shoes, one detainee, a technical problem with an id who is freed pretty quickly.15.30 Beit Furik. 18-25 years of age from Nablus not allowed to pass. One taxi driver says that a while before a car of settlers entered the parking lot, drove around wildly and left.When we went back Burin was empty.17.30 Marda. The gate is locked with a padlock. Around are private cars. Families with children. We stop. Edna phones the humanitarian centre and spoke to Reut who says that she will check what is happening. An army jeep passes and Edna tries to stop it but does not succeed. From the other side appears another army jeep which stops on the other side of the road. A sergeant alights and tells us that two days previously blocks were put on the road which punctured the tyres of a truck and that it was lucky that it was a truck as a private car would have been much more seriously damaged and therefore the gates are closed. But he says that the residents of Marda had made a gap in the fence and entered through this. Later we photographed one of the people who got stuck there. He says that sometimes humanitarian cases are allowed to pass and Marda is under curfew. But would not be so for long. Amongst ourselves we wondered from the families were coming and how they had got out if there was a curfew. He speaks of alerts and says that we must be careful of these people ….families with children who might lynch us.18.20 -Edna tried to speak to the District Commissioner’s Office. In the beginning they did not want to speak to her but afterwards they got back to us and asked for the ids of the families so that they could let them enter and afterwards when we were already on our way asked us for the numbers of the cars and at 18.30 informed us that they had entered.