I’m not sure exactly when, but it happened often that parts of Route 60, they (Palestinians) weren't allowed to use them, and they were allowed to use other parts. There was a quarry in Yatta. Every time a truck came out of there and broke out onto the road, it was brought to the barrier area and he had to pour out the cargo. And usually, if it's a quarry then it's this big piece of marble, a very stable block, so it blocks the gap (leading to the road).

The gap through which the truck came onto the road?Yes, it's dropped at the side of the road. That’s how the road became decorated with these big marble slabs all along the sides. It’s very convenient. Each slab weighs around two or three tons.

What other ways were there to enforce those bans? Say you're driving along and see a Subaru break through the blockade. What do you do?If you catch it breaking through onto the road? First of all, you stop it. If you’re on foot patrol, you report it to the company or to the nearest checkpoint. Stop it as quickly as possible. You can stop it a lot of the time. You stop it, quick inspection, ID cards of all the passengers, inspect the content, and they're often held there for a while. Look, what happens with the marble slabs on the sides of the road is, their (the drivers') keys are simply taken from them. You take the keys for twelve hours, or sometimes twenty-four hours.

And how are they given back?The keys are at the pillbox (a military post). They simply spend the night near their truck or inside it.

Waiting?Eventually, the keys are given back to them. There aren’t too many ways to enforce that. The bottom line is, if they want to get on the road, a robber-style Subaru, you know…

This thing of taking keys, ID cards, did you run into it?Sure. I think it was only in cases of breaking through barriers and such. Taking the truck keys also means stopping someone from working.