‘Awarta, Beit Furik, Za’tara (Tapuah)
06:55 – Oranit
We arrived one hour early to the gates' location. A few workers have arrived from an unknown place. Their contractor already waited for them.
The gate was still closed, It is due to open at 07:55
Shomron (Samariya) gate Traffic streams along.
07:55 Zatra/Tapuach
Two soldiers together with an explosive expert stand at the side of the road and from time to time stop Palestinans for inspection.
Due to their Labor day there is less traffic.
Opposite Beita there is a military vehicle.
At the town of Hawarra there are military vehicles
Yitzhar/Boureen No military activity.
7:35 Awarta–
The yellow hand of the gate still blocks the way. A few meters from there, from the Medison rout in the direction of Nablus we noticed a new dirt road. Is this a by-pass of the Palestinians to get to Nablus or the settles put down infrastructure for a new settlement across the village of Klil? Who knows? (see picyure).
At the mean time a few young Does cross the road of the Medison rout.
7:55 Beit Furiq checkpoint.
The tower on site is un manned.
8:00 Itamar–
Two military vehicles stop a Palestinian vehicle for a "routing inspection".
8:10 Hawara checkpoint
The tower on site is unmanned. Two soldiers watch over the Hitch up station of the settles.
Boureen- Yizhar cross way
A military vehicle on the road.
We drove back through Jeet towards Sha'ar Ephraim. At the town of Hawara shops open slowly due to Holyday.
8:20 Za'atra-Tapuach –
There is no inspection.
Shomron gate Traffic streams along.
'Awarta
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Awarta, an internal checkpoint in the heart of the West Bank, is located east of the Hawara checkpoint, at the junction of Roads 555 (which was forbidden for Palestinian traffic in this area) and the entrance road to Nablus. It was one of the four checkpoints that surrounded Nablus until 2009. We used to watch it at Huwwara shifts because it was the only one where goods could be transferred to and from Nablus, using the back-to-back method. It was operated by the army, from 06:00 to 20:00. Until 2009.
Ronit Dahan-RamatiApr-23-2026Awarta Checkpoint is empty
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Beit Furik checkpoint
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One of the three internal checkpoints that closed on the city of Nablus - Beit Furik to the east, Hawara to the south, Beit Iba to the west. The checkpoint is located at the junction of Roads 557 (an apartheid road that was forbidden for Palestinians), leading to the Itamar and Alon Morea settlements and Road 5487. The checkpoint was established in 2001 for pedestrians and vehicles; The opening hours were short and the transition was slow and very problematic.Allegedly, the checkpoint is intended to monitor the movement to and from Nablus of the residents of Beit Furik and Beit Dajan, being the only opening outside their villages. Since May 2009 the checkpoint is open 24 hours a day, the military presence is limited, vehicles can pass through it without inspections, except for random inspections. (Updated April 2010)
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Za'tara (Tapuah)
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Za'tara (Tapuah) Za'tara is an internal checkpoint in the heart of the West Bank, at the intersection of Road 60 and Road 505 (Trans-Samaria), east of the Tapuah settlement. This checkpoint is the "border" marked by the IDF between the north and south of the West Bank, in accordance with the policy of separation between the two parts of the West Bank that has been in place since December 2005. At the Za'tara checkpoint, there are separate routes for Israelis and Palestinians. In the route for Israelis, there are no inspections and the route for Palestinians inspects. The queue lengthens and shortens suits. The checkpoint is open 24 hours a day. The checkpoint is partially staffed and the people who pass through it are checked at random.
Ronit Dahan-RamatiJun-9-2026Za'atara (Tapuach Junction). The Temple Flag Above a Station
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