‘Anabta, Ar-Ras, Azzun, Jubara (Kafriat), Qalqiliya, Mon 28.4.08, Morning
6.40
Ras Atira.
A driver waiting for passengers says the checkpoint opened at
6.30am. We saw the first workers coming through at 6.50. There is a
small encampment of Bedouin just outside the fence surrounding the
village and we saw three small children in school uniform passing
between the sheep and climbing the path leading to the gate at the
entrance of the village where they waited for the soldiers outside the
gate to call them to the notice of the soldiers in the village who
motioned them to pass. This is the routine of the day in the shadow
of the soldiers and their guns.
7.10
The gate of Bnei Eliayu.
Few cars entering Israel and only about 20
workers who say the checkpoint opens at 5.30. Takes about 5 minutes for
each worker and so in the early morning there is a wait of an hour and
the conditions at the Tahaniem gate are uncomfortable. The people work
at Alfei Menashe or at agriculture in the envelope zone. At Qalqiliya
there is swift passage in both directions. Only Israeli drivers are
checked to make sure they have a permit.
7.40
Izbit Tabib and Azzun.
The entrance of Izbit Tabib is blocked with rocks
but pedestrians can go through. This is also supposed to be the
entrance to Azzun as the main entrance has been blocked for some time
and the name does not appear in the list of checkpoints which are to be
removed. If one wants to get to Nablus or Qalqiliya once has to walk
and climb over the dirt and stone barriers and then to take a taxi on
road 55.
10.05 Anabta.
The passage in both directions is open.
Sometimes drivers are spoken to and they stop automatically to wait for
the hand to motion them on. 2 coffee vendors keep their distance from
one another. Our friend Jamal, a taxi driver from Beit Lid who is
marrying his daughter soon says that this week she will graduate from
the university.
10.30
Jubara.
The soldier recognizes us as Machsomwatch women and goes to
fetch the key without being asked to do so. We wave to Abu Chatem who
is drinking coffee with his friends. When we come back the soldier asks
us to explain to him who we are and what we do and we comply gladly.
Gate 753. Soldiers check the IDs of illegal workers returning from Israel.
A-Ras.
Swift passage. The soldiers are polite and and greet drivers from
Jubara by names. They want to speak to us and are sorry when we leave.
11.00 We go 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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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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