Beit Iba, Mon 24.11.08, Afternoon

Place:

Beit Iba

Observers:

Elisheva A. and Yonah A. Ziona S. (reporting); Natanya translating.

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Nov-24-2008

Afternoon

15.30 A resident of Jerusalem says that this is the first time that he has gone into Nablus with a group of traders turns to us and asks to explain to him what security reason is there for dividing Palestinians from Palestinians and we say that we ask the same question.

Few cars or pedestrians. I have not been here for three months but the picture of young people coming out with their belts in their hands and untied shoelaces has not changed and it seems will not change in the coming years.

At least there is no one in the enclosure and we do not see those trying to slip there being hunted.

At the pink house (Shvut Rachel) and around it no movement. It seems that everyone has gone to the house of strife in Hebron.

Qalqiliya, 16.00 A small line of 5-6 cars at the entrance. No delays.

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.