International Checkpoint Watch - Daily Observations

Date:            25/11/01                                  Time:  8:30 - 10:30

Place Observed:  Surda

Number of Soldiers Present: 

Soldiers Names, ID #’s, License Plate #’s, Etc: 

APC

Events Witnessed:

Checked all the IDs of  people driving.  1/3 of vehicles turned back.  Randomly checked IDs of pedestrians going both ways.

Vehicles checked for 5-30 minutes.  Pedestrians held average of 15 minutes.  Groups of 6-7 Palestinians were  pulled aside at once.  Palestinians told to wait behind the barbed wire.  80 young men stopped in two hours.