Beit Furik, Huwwara, Za'tara (Tapuah), Tue 18.12.07, Morning

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Nurit V., and Dina A. (reporting)
18/12/2007
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Translation:  Suzanne O.


A different day: very few people going from place to place, after some clarification we were told that it is the eve of a holiday today and therefore people are at home.

At the entrance to Ariel there are police as usual, they stop the traffic and allow the residents of Ariel to leave the settlement.


Zaatra

Not a car in the queue to cross to the west, Road 5, nor from the direction of Nablus.  The soldiers are unemployed.

Up to the Huwwara roadblock we see no roadblocks along the way.

 

Huwwara roadblock


8:00 a.m. 

When we arrived the activity appeared unusual, the car park was comparatively empty.

About 30 residents queue at the exit for their documents and the contents of their bags to be checked.  The crossing is relaxed and quick and those crossing are equally so.


8:15 a.m.

From the direction of the turnstile there are shouts, a soldier shouts at one of the residents who shouts back in Arabic.  The soldier calls A., the commander, who comes and calms the situation down but leads the man in the direction of the cell, while talking to him.  A., from the DCO arrives, he has been in the area the whole time, and then we find out that: the man, a resident of Nablus was arrested the previous day because his name appeared on the soldiers' list.  While he was in the cell he leant against the door which fell down, the soldiers thought he was trying to escape, but after clarification he was released.

When he arrived at the roadblock today the magnometer was out of order so he was asked to remove his jacket, he simply lifted it and was convinced that the insistence on its removal was in reprisal for the previous day's happenings.  After all the explanations were heard he was released to go on his way.

At the entrance to Nablus the traffic is very light, there are almost no women crossing today.

There are few cars at the entrance or at the exit.


8:25 a.m.

A father and his son are on their way out of Nablus, the soldier at the roadblock does not believe that the boy is really his son.  After discussions and harassment, they go on their way after the intervention of A., the commander, once again.

The commander comes over to us and asks us not to photograph the soldiers; we photograph the situation and do not focus on their faces.


8:30 a.m.

There are three people waiting to cross.


8:40 a.m.

The roadblock is completely empty; we have never seen such a thing.

 

Beit Furiq roadblock


9:00 a.m. 

It is comparatively deserted, not one car waits to enter, there is one car waiting to leave.  From time to time people from Beit Furiq get out of their transport and cross quickly.

We stood under the shed and the soldiers ignored us.


9:30 a.m.

Back to Huwwara: it was comparatively empty.


On our way back, at Za'atra Junction, there were three cars from the direction of Nablus and from the west no cars at all.