Habla
Izbet Salman and Hable CP
Routines of the occupation — the soldiers open the gates almost on time, the Palestinians are checked and pass, asking "When will it all end?". "We don't know. What do YOU think?". "It MUST end. Even the Berlin Wall fell". Amen.
12:50 Izbet Salman. We took a roundabout way to see if we encounter any "illegal" workers. We did not. The CP was already open (supposedly since 12:45), and apparently all had passed. It closed at 13:00.
13:25-14:00 Habla CP. Opened a couple of minutes later; was supposed to open at 13:15. Many people are waiting on both sides; an argument ensues among some, and quiets down when a soldier woman scolds them. Passage was very very slow, stopped with no explanation for 10 minutes, then resumed. Towards the end people were noted manually. They are practiced in passing 5 at a time, with one holding the documents of all. This "training" is, of course, "for their own good".
A detainee is forbidden from talking to us and is sent to sit in the shade because of inaccuracies in his entry and exit data. He will probably be sent home. We hope his license won't be taken.
Habla
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Habla CP (1393)
The Habla checkpoint (1393) was established on the lands of the residents of Qalqilya, on the short road that
connected it for centuries to the nearby town of Habla. The separation barrier intersects this road twice and cut off the residents of Qalqilya from their lands in the seam zone.(between the fence and the green line).
There is a passage under Road 55 that connects Qalqilya to the sabotage This agricultural barrier is used by the farmers and nursery owners established along Road 55 from the Green Line and on both sides of the kurkar road leading to the checkpoint.
This agricultural checkpoint serves the residents of Arab a-Ramadin al-Janoubi (detached from the West Bank), who pass through it to the West Bank and back to their homes. The opening hours (3 times a day) of this agricultural checkpoint are longer than usual, about an hour (recently shortened to 45 minutes), and are coordinated with the transportation hours of a-Ramadin children studying in the occupied in the West Bank.
Nina SebaAug-18-2025Habla: The gate is in the process of closing
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