Taybe checkpoint - "Cry of the turnstiles in the darkness"

 

"Silence becomes us, we ignore, we avert our eyes and the silent daily march of humiliation continues...a march to which, many by their silence, their complicit complacency, contribute..."

 At Taybe checkpoint Palestinian workers queue by the hundreds each morning way before dawn to enter Israel, they wait in the dark, in a cage like system that conducts them through a turnstile, a metal detector, a fingerprint machine, a verification of their israeli issued magnetic cards, the permit, their identity card and a search within the Israeli Army computer system.

Twice a week two members of our team are on presencial duty there, to register any irregularities, any human rights violations.