Nablus

Beit Furik:
Summary: A new group of soldiers with no
previous experience, and their attitude is very hostile. The early
morning line (08:15) was very long, and the soldiers took their
time while checking. 5 confiscated cars were standing at the usual
place by the east road. We did not see the drivers. Upon arrival we
introduced ourselves to the CP soldiers and were immediately
informed that until we "vanish into thin air" the CP will
be closed. We took some steps back and the slow motion started
again. Medical certificates were declared "false", and it
was not easy to convince the soldiers to let holders of those
certificates through. Two soldiers on a small vehicle were busy
trying to catch people avoiding the CP - we saw nobody get caught.

Huwwara South-8:20-12
Summary: Terrible situation: after
lifting a closure of 10 days, hundreds of people wished to to enter
Nablus.The soldiers were unable to handle the situation. The huge
crowd included of women with crying babies. 4 soldiers were giving
confusing orders to people and did not let people pass. We called
around, and soon Y. from the DCO appeared. He is a useless guy,
unable to solve any problem. Then 4 more soldiers appeared with
heartless officer Z. But another soldier let the humanitarian cases
pass. The checking started after 9 o'clock, very slowly and
pedantically. People waited at least 2 hr to pass. Students were
late for classes hospital workers were late to their work. Some
workers were denied passage on the ground of wrong certifications.

Huwwara North:
Very few people and no line at all.
Detained people at Izhar / Huwwara junction.
At 8 a.m we
saw around 10 detained people at the Huwwara/Itzhar junction,
apparently for the crime of being on the wrong roads. At the time
of writing these lines 2:30 p.m , 3 people are standing there
without water and food for 7 and a half hours. The detained
Palestinians were kept until 17:00, when the CP was finaly closed.
They had no water. They were kept over TEN hrs in the blazing sun
and unbearable heat, with no food, water or toilets.

WATER:
over and over again we complained to
every possible local "authority" that there is NO WATER
for the waiting people at the checkpoint. The two OKVIM that are
located, one in the south and one in the north ARE EMPTY, and have
been so since the time we first went there - which is months and
months ago. We gave our drinking water to revive a pregnant woman
who collapsed. People asked us for water and we had none to
give!!!