Checkpoint stops Palestinians with 'too much food'

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June 29, 2009, 01:56:31 PM
Privately run checkpoint stops Palestinians with 'too much food'

By Amira Hass, Haaretz 29 June 2009

A West Bank checkpoint managed by a private security company is not allowing Palestinians to pass through with large water bottles and some food items, Haaretz has learned.

MachsomWatch discovered the policy, which Palestinian workers confirmed to Haaretz.

The Defense Ministry stated in response that non-commercial quantities of food were not being limited. It made no reference to the issue of water.
   
The checkpoint, Sha'ar Efraim, is south of Tul Karm, and is managed for the Defense Ministry by the private security company Modi'in Ezrahi. The company stops Palestinian workers from passing through the checkpoint with the following items: Large bottles of frozen water, large bottles of soft drinks, home-cooked food, coffee, tea and the spice zaatar. The security company also dictates the quantity of items allowed: Five pitas, one container of hummus and canned tuna, one small bottle or can of beverage, one or two slices of cheese, a few spoonfuls of sugar, and 5 to 10 olives. Workers are also not allowed to carry cooking utensils and work tools.

MachsomWatch told Haaretz that Sunday, a 32-year-old construction worker from Tul Karm, who is employed in Hadera, was not allowed to carry his lunch bag through the checkpoint. The bag contained six pitas, 2 cans of cream cheese, one kilogram of sugar in a plastic bag, and a salad, also in a plastic bag.

The typical Palestinian laborer in Israel has a 12-hour workday, including travel time and checkpoint delays. Many leave home as early as 2 A.M. in order to wait in line at the checkpoint; tardiness to work often results in immediate dismissal. Workers return home around 5 P.M. The wait at the checkpoint can take one to two hours in each direction, if not longer.

The food quantities allowed by Modi'in Ezrahi do not meet the daily dietary needs of the workers, and they prefer not to buy food at the considerably more expensive Israeli stores.

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sullivan

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June 29, 2009, 01:56:59 PM
The world's most moral nation, my ass!
"The real menace of our Republic is the invisible government which like a giant octopus sprawls its slimy legs over our cities, states and nation. At the head is a small group of banking houses generally referred to as \'international bankers.\' This little coterie... run our government for their own selfish ends. It operates under cover of a self-created screen, seizes our executive officers, legislative bodies, schools, courts, newspapers and every agency created for the public protection."
John F. Hylan (1868-1936) - Former Mayor of New York City

scorpio

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July 11, 2009, 07:09:39 PM
Genocide: The Israeli 'final solution' for the Palestinians....

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scorpio

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August 01, 2009, 02:55:02 AM
So who is the company, Modi'in Ezrahi...?  They apparently have had some corrupt employees in the past.  Here are some articles about 4 of their employees who were busted in an industrial espionage spy-ware case.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8145520/page/4/
http://www.scmagazineuk.com/Israeli-private-investigators-guilty-in-spyware-case/article/109692/

okay, so while trying to do more research about this company, my firewall informed me that one of the sites I was trying to access was and "attack site", meaning if you log on, they will steal your personal info...hum?  Interesting...They claim to be a private investigations firm, also have been described as Israel's Blackwater and previously conducted surveys of the public?  Hum?  :roll:
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