Beit Iba, יום ד' 18.6.08, אחה"צ

Place:

Beit Iba

Tags:

Youngsters and students

DCO (District Coordination Offices)

Observers:

Sarah P. Tammie C.

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Jun-18-2008

Afternoon

Natanya translating.

Beit Iba 15.15. There are no cars leaving Nablus and only 8 going in. All the turnstiles were working and the shed was not full: usually about 40 people were inside and each were checked in 10-15 minutes. The usual routine of taking off shoes, belts, etc. and of course then one has to dress again while walking. Some smiling, some cursing.Tomer of the DCO is a great help going from place to place to help with problems, asking questions, A small van arrives with passengers but one is young and has to get out to be checked at the turnstile and then will have to take another taxi. The soldiers complain that since there has been an alleviation they have to work more hours but we did not know what alleviations they were speaking about.

16.30 We left

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.