Habla – Our acquaintances talked to us about the hope for normal life
7:05 The checkpoint is still locked. We see no soldiers.
7:13 The checkpoint opens. People are inspected at the guard post next to the exit gate to the plant nurseries.
7:27 The minibus transporting teachers and students leaves Habla. The windows are tinted so we weren’t able to see whether there were passengers.
Trucks loaded with plants keep coming from Habla.
People continue to trickle through. The checkpoint was temporarily empty but more and more people arrive as 8 AM approaches.
Other than a truck with a crane coming from Habla, we saw no people or vehicles refused entry.
At 8:04 the soldiers begin closing the gate and three men arrive running, their documents are inspected and they continue on their way.
At 8:07 the soldiers close the checkpoint.
We spoke with A. and V., our acquaintances, about the American elections, in particular about the hope for a normal life (not “normalization”).
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.
Nina SebaAug-18-2025Habla: The gate is in the process of closing
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