‘Anabta, Ar-Ras, Azzun, Jit, Jubara (Kafriat), Qalqiliya, Mon 7.4.08, Morning
Eliyahu Passage
06:45 – A line of about 20 cars at the entrance to Israel, including Israeli Arabs and Palestinians working in the seam-line, in Alfe Menashe, for example. Settlers' cars pass swiftly, of course. There is a long line of workers, pedestrians, with permits to work in the seam-line. Workers from that region who own working permits in Israel must enter Qalqiliya and go through Eyal Passage.
Qalqiliya
06:50 – The way into and out of Qalqiliya are free. On the way out of the city they occasionally stop a car for a brief question, but there is no line. At the entrance to the city, cars with Israeli licence plates are checked once in a while and details are compared with a list but that, too, is very fast.
07:05 – We leave.
The passage at Izbet Tabib is open and, as far as we can see, also the road ahead along the old road 55.
07:05 – The entrance to Azzun is closed for cars, but we have seen pedestrians climbing the earth rampart, passing through the barbed wire spirals and going out to the road.
17:20 – At Shvut Ami no traffic can be observed but the entry road to the construction isn't blocked, of course, as it is in Azzun, for example.
Jit junction is open.
We drive on to Beit Iba.
Anabta
09:25 – Neither at the entrance nor at the exit is there a line. From time to time one car is checked more thoroughly, but while the documents are checked on the computer, they let other cars pass and this is why there is no line. The coffee seller complains that yesterday as he was trying to sell coffee to the people waiting in the long lines that were in both directions, a Hummer came and the soldiers drove him away, spilled the coffee and beat him. He is disabled and has to support 5 children from what he gets selling coffee at the checkpoint. Once in a while a short line is created on the way out but the soldiers go on with the checks and the line gets shorter.
09:40 – We leave.
Jubara
10:00 – At our request, Jubara gate is opened. Along the road the Altheas bloom in bright pink.
Ar-Ras
10:00 – The passage from the direction of Qalqiliya is free. Cars that come from the direction of Tulkarm are occasionally checked. The trunk and the passengers' compartment are searched and questions like 'where from' and 'where to' are asked, but all in all the passage is quick.
An old man who asks to pass to Jubara is refused.
On the way back, at gate 753, the documents and the belongings of a young man, probably an "illegal" [in Israel without a residence permit], are checked. We don't stop.
10:30 – We leave to go back 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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A-Ras (The Children Checkpoint)
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A-Ras (The Children Checkpoint)
On Tulkarm-Qalqiliya road (574), east of Hirbet Jubara. tia checkpoint is dedicated to residents traveling to and from Tulkarm, so they should not cross apartheid road 557 (only permissible for settlers).
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Jit Junction
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The checkpoint is located on Route 60 near at the junction with Route 55, near the village of Jit. There was a checkpoint for vehicles passing between the north and south of the West Bank, which was abolished towards 2010. Since then, surprise checkpoints have been set up there from time to time with a police or Border Police vehicle, and vehicles and their passengers are inspected.
Anat PolakJul-17-2025Yitzhar Road, Jit Junction: traffic jam
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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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