Morning

8:00 – while passing along the old city’s wall we noticed 3-4 border police near the Damascus Gate.8:12 – just before the roundabout, two border police jeeps were on the road, creating a little traffic jam while a boy standing next to them removed clothes from a big plastic bag. We were not sure of just what was going on. At the roundabout, 4 detainees who were caught coming up from the wadi an hour and a half earlier. The border police showed us a bunch of forms that they needed to fill out on each, and promised that the detainees would be released as soon as they finished. A commander who apparently is in charge for the shift explained that the details taken are later put on a computer, and in case a person is caught again in the same situation, it may lead to up to two years in prison for “illegal stay”.At the checkpoint, O. told us that 27 transits are currently confiscated.There were very few people around. We were told about a young transit driver who was hit yesterday by a border police soldier and who needed medical care. We took all necessary details and promised to do something about it.We climbed up the blockade near the university to take a taxi to Abbadiya, through Wadi Nar.Residents were told in the morning on TV that there’s a curfew on Abbadiya. We heard that the Israeli forces are searching for someone. Border police soldiers at the place told us that they agree it’s absurd to prevent people from moving from place to place inside the territories, but they are helpless about it, and try to be as considerate as they can. 10:30 - On the way back, the university gate was open.13 detainees were at the roundabout – for about an hour, they said.Just before the gas station, two jeeps and some men around. We were told that a young transit driver, who drove people with non-blue IDs, has been arrested for that and hit AFTER being tied with handcuffs. The border police were very hostile to us. M spoke with Safadi on phone; he told us that only ‘reasonable moderate force’ can be used, and advised us to give witness at the relevant police station (Shalem station) if we wanted to do something. We spoke on the phone with the commander and were told that those forces are under Safadi’s responsibility, and not his. The investigator, Adiv, was indeed calm and reasonable and quickly let the boy go.