Beit Iba, Shave Shomron, Thu 22.1.09, Afternoon

Place:

Beit Iba

Shave Shomron

Observers:

Etika D. Maya G. Natanya translating

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Jan-22-2009

Afternoon

14.20 Beit Iba. About 20 cars waiting but the traffic is moving. The pedestrian lane is practically empty and people pas with no problems. The situation does not change while we are there.

15.50 Shave Shomron. It does not seem to be manned and movement seems free.

Location Description

Shave Shomron

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The checkpoint is on Route 60 (the main road to the northern West Bank), opposite settlement. Has been blocked to Palestinians since disengagement from Gaza and northern Samaria.

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.