Abu-Dis

At the gas station, tens of
Palestinians returning from work are jumping over the wall
eastward. A few men and some women jump over in the other
direction. Border policemen present only at the gate. Not many
people are crossing and 2 border policemen do the checking. Mostly
blue IDs, but occasionally a green ID is also let in after a
check.

Sawahre, 17:00. There were 3 BP jeeps and a military armoured car.
Some 8 border policemen hanging around, but only 2 doing the
checking of a constant flow of many tens of Palestinians workers
returning home, the same two for both directions. No IDs were
collected for a check. A few persons were refused crossing because
their address in their ID had changed. Some still managed their way
through. There was quite a lot of traffic (trucks, transits, a bus)
in both directions, which was checked briefly and rather
superficially. Private cars were sent back to go through checkpoint
300. We saw no detainees, but were told by the border policemen
that every few hours they go on a hunt for those who try to go
around the checkpoint.