‘Anabta, Azzun, Jubara (Kafriat), Qalqiliya, Mon 24.3.08, Morning
The closure was over this morning and there was no apartness nor special restrictions. At all the checkpoints and roads we visited we noticed that traffic was very light, and there were few people passing through. The taxi drivers too were complaining about it.
6:35 Elijah Passage
Many workmen are waiting beyond the checkpoint, apparently for their transport. Few pedestrians are waiting to go through. About 25 cars are waiting to cross over to Israel. Strict inspections.
6:40 Qalqiliya
No cars at the entrance to the town, but at the exit one cannot see the end of the queue. The 17th bus passed after 14 minutes. There are no inspections but the usual idleness, and the long intervals between one wave of the hand and another, cause the queue.Israeli cars go through according to a list.
7:20 Azzun
The entrance to Azzun, through Izbat Tabib is open and we saw some cars there. The main entrance is fortified as usual. Next to it a military ambulance is parked but the soldiers in it do not divulge any information of course.
9:25 Anabta
No queue and no inspections, neither at the entrance nor at the exit. The drivers are waiting for the wave of the hand, then slow down by the check post, but most go through without any inspection.
10:00 Jubara
The soldiers open the gate without any trouble.At gate 753 the soldiers inspect two elderly women who want to reach Ar-ras, and then let them pass through. We offered them a lift, to the soldiers surprise and the women's joy. We proceeded to the village Ar-ras, and under the heavy heat we were showered with blessings. When we returned to the Ar-ras checkpoint we intended to park and observe the soldiers. One of the soldiers stopped us and asked us if we could offer a lift to a lame old Palestinian who needed to get to Jubara. We praised the soldier on his initiative, and his answer, so rare for these places, was: " He could have been my grandfather"… We no longer stopped to observe the soldiers , but continued on our way with our passenger. We saw that there was no queue in either direction. At 753 there were a lot of illegals.
10:30 We departed for home.
'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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Jubara (Kafriat)
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The Jabra checkpoint was on Road 557, south of Tulkarm, on the side of the Figs Pass, which is located within the Palestinian Authority (a few kilometers east of the Green Line), and serves as an entry barrier from the territories to Israel. The checkpoint to the village of Jubara, which until 2013 was in the seam area, blocked and surrounded by a fence, was intended for the passage of the family members of the house next to the checkpoint, and also for the MachsomWatch volunteers (with special permission only), on their way to checkpoint 753. on the other side of the village. The soldiers supervising the "fig crossing" also supervised the crossing at this checkpoint, in our shifts we often waited a long time until the key was found and the gate opened. The checkpoint was abolished and became part of the separation fence that was moved west following the High Court.
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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.
Nina SebaAug-18-2025Azzun: Enclosed by a high fence and the gate to the village is closed
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