Beit Iba, Sun 13.4.08, Morning

Place:

Beit Iba

Observers:

Yael A. (reporting), Yehudit H. Trans. Judith G.

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Apr-13-2008

Morning

8:00 - Beit Iba:

Every is moving, no vehicles in line and no pedestrian line. The checkpoint commander told us politely, but firmly, not to stand next to the checkpoint, but only in front of the covered area. Since we had already seen that there were not any detainees info-icon or other problems, we didn't get into an argument and left a short time later in any case.

Location Description

Beit Iba

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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 info-icon 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.