‘Anabta, Ar-Ras, Azzun, Jubara (Kafriat), Qalqiliya, Mon 10.3.08, Morning
6.30
The Eliyahu crossing. Tonight the closure was cancelled. The radio
announced it. So there were many workers and cars and the checking was
slow and very careful. 25 cars and about 40 workers were waiting. Some
were sent back because their permit was out of date or because they
cannot pass at this checkpoint.
6.45
Qalqiliya.
Here there are mainly taxis with workers going to the
EIlyahu crossing to get to their work in Israel and who are glad that
the closure has eneded. No checking and pedestrians entering Qalqilya
are also not checked.
At
the exit of the city are 15 cars which waited about 12 minutes and the
checking is random of IDs and baggage compartments. We saw no Israeli
cars going in or coming out. A sign which is new to us at the entrance
marks the name of the city and that it is an A area and Israelis may
not enter.
7.00
At Azzun the road is blocked and that of Isbit Tabib is open. The main
entrance still has barbed wire in front of it. Two jeeps of the
military police is parked at the side of the road both before and
behind the entrance.
9.20
Anabta. The parking area of the taxis is as usual and two drivers are
moving goods back to back. A driver from Shufa says that some time ago
the army had promised that they could come through A-Ras and not
through Anabta which would make the journey much shorter but of course
this has not been done.
At the exit are 18 cars when we arrived and then the line lengthened so that we could not see the end of it. The 18th car took 23 minutes to get to the beginning of the line. All checking was random and we left at 9.55.
We went into Jubara with no problems
10.10
Ar Ras is quiet, no lines and the checking is swift. We speak to two
Ecumenical volunteers from England very pleasant and who want to speak
to us. They are very impressed at Hana Barag's lecture held in
Jerusalem,
10.45 We take leave of Abu Hatab.
'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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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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