He and other settlers with rifles and handguns were preventing Palestinian drivers from using the road.
After twenty minutes, I asked the man behind the bar to call us a taxi with a Palestinian driver.
So there are more Israeli roadblocks and irritating delays for Palestinian drivers.
Taxis were parked nearby, their Palestinian drivers prostrate on the ground, reciting midday prayers.
Palestinian drivers said they can always use restrooms at Palestinian-operated service stations that are not as available to other cabdrivers.
Shamir frets about Palestinian drivers not being allowed using route 443.
That explosion, apparently by a bomb made of mortar shells, killed the Palestinian driver, injuring three people and burning several vehicles.
Plowing into a crowd of soldiers and commuters at a bus stop here, the Palestinian driver killed eight Israelis during the morning rush hour.
The trucks and cars wait in a chaotic, mile-long line, their Palestinian drivers jostling for any small space that opens in front of them.
Israeli soldiers then shot the Palestinian driver.