Habla Checkpoint (1393), Oranit Checkpoing 1474
Tzvia wanted to learn how to reach the Oranit, Abu Salman and Jaloud checkpoints.
We reached Oranit checkpoint at 13:00. Four Palestinian residents of ‘Azzun ‘Atma were there. They said the checkpoint opens only at 14:30. One of them has 17 dunums of olives in Oranit and another works in greenhouses belonging to people from Abu Salman. Z. says ‘Azzun ‘Atma’s lands reach to Kafr Qassem.
He said that to obtain a permit the tabu on their land must be renewed each year. All members of his family applied for permits to work their land but only he and his wife received them. All the other younger people who want to work on their lands can’t access them. Z. received a permit valid for two years, and is happy about it. Other family members aren’t allowed to access the lands. Each area of land has a quota of people who are allowed to access it. Only one person is allowed to work a 10 dunum plot. They leave the car outside the Oranit checkpoint. M., the young man, went through with a cart pulled by a donkey who grazed peacefully on the grass.
The gate opens at 08:00, which is very late because it gets very warm soon after they begin working. About 40-50 people go through this checkpoint in the morning.
It opens again at 14:30, and at 18:00.
We drove to the Habla checkpoint. MP’s at the open gate. They tell us the hours:
Morning 06:30-08:00
Afternoon 13:15-14:15
Evening 16:30-17:10
Abu Salman is open:
Morning 05:30
Afternoon 13:00
The soldiers at Habla also handle Abu Salman.
Then we drove to bring items to Z.’s second-hand store.
Habla CP (1393)
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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.
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