‘Anabta, Ar-Ras, Azzun, Eyal, Jit, Qalqiliya, Wed 9.4.08, Morning
Overall
The easement of checks at the checkpoints is discernible. Both exits from the town of Azzun to the main road are still blocked. A woman settler is observed at Shvut Ami outpost, which has been evacuated several times in the last months.
Eyal 07:00
The place is a passage of workers to Israel. The question how it has been today is answered by "OK". No complaints.
Ar-Ras 07:30
The traffic is extremely thin. Every few minutes a car passes. The soldiers don't check documents, passengers are not taken out of the car and the trunk is not searched. The soldiers just peek at the passengers asking 'where to' and the Palestinians answer 'to work' and leave.
Anabta 08:15
The same situation is here. No lines. Superficial checks.
Driving along road 55
10:00 – At Jit junction there are no soldiers.
Shvut Ami – A single shot is heard in the Wadi. A herd of goats flee the place. On the hill a woman settler is seen running near the pink house.
Al Funduq
A taxi is coming from the direction of Hajja, which means that the road is probably not blocked.
The village of Laqif – No blockade.
Azzun –
The main exit (the square) is blocked. Another blockade has been observed on the inner road between Izbet Tabib and Azzun.
Qalqiliya 10:30
The soldiers are civil and efficient. The traffic is streaming except for trucks with Israeli licence plates that need special permits. A woman driver of a car that has no permit has been arguing with the soldiers for a long time. They respond decisively yet patiently and suggest alternatives. At the same time, they open an additional lane in order not to delay the traffic. A rare sight.
'Anabta CP
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'Anabta CP
The checkpoint is located south of the village of 'Anabta, at the intersection of Road 60 (leading to Nablus at the entrance to Area A), with Road (57, 557, 5576) facing west towards the Einav settlement and the checkpoint at the exit from the West Bank - Figs checkpoint. Until 2010 we used to watch the intersection and report the long columns created due to a slow inspection of the vehicles in both directions.
Oct-28-2011Anabta checkpoint 24.10.11
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'Azzun
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Azoun (updated February 2019)
A Palestinian town situated in Area B (under civil Palestinian control and Israeli security control),
on road 5 between Nablus and Qalqiliya, east of Nabi Elias village. The inhabitants are allowed to construct and improve infrastructures. The Separation Fence has confiscated lands belonging to the town's people. In 2018 olive tree groves owned by one of its inhabitants were confiscated for the sake of paving a road to bypass Nabi Elias. Azoun population numbers 13,000, its economic state dire. Its infrastructures are poor, neglect and poverty rampant. In the meantime, the town council has completed paving an internal road for the inhabitants' welfare.
Because of its proximity to the Jewish settler-colony of Karnei Shomron and its outposts, the town suffers the intense presence of the Israeli army, especially at nighttime: soldiers enter homes, arrest suspects, trash the house and sometimes ruin it, as they do in numerous places in the West Bank. At times a checkpoint closes the entrance to the town, so no one can come in or get out.
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A-Ras (The Children Checkpoint)
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A-Ras (The Children Checkpoint)
On Tulkarm-Qalqiliya road (574), east of Hirbet Jubara. tia checkpoint is dedicated to residents traveling to and from Tulkarm, so they should not cross apartheid road 557 (only permissible for settlers).
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Eyal Checkpoint / Crossing
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Eyal Checkpoint is intended for pedestrians and Palestinians only. This is the main barrier for workers to cross from the center of the West Bank. Workers with a work permit to enter Israel can pass through it for trade, medicine, and visiting prisoners. The checkpoint was built on the Green Line north of Qalqilya in the separation barrier that surrounds the city. The checkpoint began operating in 2004 by the military. Opening hours on weekdays from 04:00 to 19:00. We started holding shifts there in 2007. We arrived at the checkpoint before it opened at 4 in the morning. We reported on the difficult conditions and the long and cramped queues of workers who must continue their journey by commuting to work throughout Israel. At the end of June 2009, the checkpoint was operated by a civil security company, The transit time has been gradually shortened, today it is faster, but the Palestinians still have to arrive very early to make it to the transportation. Usually, about 15,000 people pass through.
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Jit Junction
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The checkpoint is located on Route 60 near at the junction with Route 55, near the village of Jit. There was a checkpoint for vehicles passing between the north and south of the West Bank, which was abolished towards 2010. Since then, surprise checkpoints have been set up there from time to time with a police or Border Police vehicle, and vehicles and their passengers are inspected.
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Qalqiliya checkpoint
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Qalqilya is surrounded on all sides by the separation barrier. The only exit from the city is in the east of the city on the road that leaves the city in an easterly direction. This is where the checkpoint was located. When the checkpoint was active until 2009 our shifts watched long queues of cars being inspected at the only exit from the city to the West Bank. The checkpoint was canceled, but there is a military presence at the entrance to the city.
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