Beit Iba, Wed 9.7.08, Afternoon

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Beit Iba 

14:45 p.m. It is  quiet. The pedestrian line is short (about half the shed) and  many pass  in the humanitarian line.  Two checking positions are active.  The checking is thorough but efficient and quick. No beeps from the magnometer.  No detainees.  Thorough checking of ID's of people entering Nablus. Soldiers check bus passengers in the bus. There are few cars entering Nablus (a line of about 5 cars) and even fewer exiting but a considerable number of heavy trucks carrying building materials in the direction of Nablus. The soldiers ignore us entirely and do not answer our question as to who is the commander. On the other hand, they do not comment on where we are standing : right next to the carousels, next to the holding place for detainees, very close to the checking of entering cars.  We felt no limitation.