There was another procedure by which Palestinian ambulances could not cross that checkpoint. They had to come to one side of the checkpoint, an ambulance came to the other side and the patient had to be handed over.

Back to back?No. The Palestinian ambulance stood behind the concrete blocks, the patient had to walk some twenty meters to the other ambulance, or be led in a gurney. Now I don't know if you ever saw a ninety-year old woman cross a checkpoint with an IV needle and tube in her arm and medication, but it's not a pretty sight. Certainly no fun for that Palestinian woman. The even crazier part is that our instructions were to inspect both ambulances. You get an ambulance that is defined a humanitarian vehicle, you let the old woman pass because they obviously have the right permits, and she's old – the elderly, children, no matter – and she crosses all nice and dandy, and then you inspect both ambulances. Now this whole time the patient has to wait. It was never to the extent of placing the patient's life at risk, and when these were really hard cases we didn't really inspect although we were supposed to, but in the meantime the person suffers. I mean, there's nothing to do about it, they stand there and suffer, and the accusing look in the eyes of a 90-year old woman that most likely did nothing wrong, is something that stays with you.