‘Anabta, Ar-Ras, Azzun, Jubara (Kafriat), Qalqiliya, Wed 18.6.08, Morning
Once again they are trying to tire us so we would give up entering Jubara, this time we are stalled at the exit. All of the checkpoints have no traffic, not by car and not by foot.
Qalqiliya checkpoint – 06:55- Tens of workers which are working in Alfei-Menashe are standing behind the fence and waiting to be examined. One of them is organizing the line. Today there are no special complaints.
Qalqiliya checkpoint-07:00- No lines, we were not delayed.
Azzun- The main entrance is open.
Anabta- 09:25-(on the way back from Beit-Iba)
There are short lines on both ways. The pace of examinations from TulKarm is identical to the pace of cars' arrival so there are always 5-8 cars waiting in line. Usually the examination lasts less than a minute. From the other direction there are no examinations. When we were leaving we saw a taxi that was stalled for an ID check. A tractor was flattening the field behind the checkpoint.
Safarin- The blocking of the road leading to the village was removed. Even so cars are not exiting the village to road no. 577. Hagar says that since entering TulKarm is possible only through Anabta, it's better for them to drive through Beit-Leed.
Jubara- 09:45- A new excuse was found today in order to prevent us from entering the village. The checkpoint commander says that there is a military activity in the village and that it would end in 20-30 minutes. We decided to wait. We saw an Israeli vehicle bringing 10 illegals from Israel. The Palestinians were released but the Israeli driver (Israeli Arab) was taken with his vehicle to the police station. Nadim says that if it's the first time the vehicle will be confiscated for a month, if it happened more then just once, then no one knows for how long.
After 5 minutes the checkpoint commander came and opened us the gate, but he took revenge at the exit. We stood there for 15 minutes, honking, waving nothing helped. They were standing outside the pavilion so they could definitely see us. We went to Abu-Hatem, we should have escaped the welcome, we even wanted to cross the fence but we feared that it would hurt the host.
Inside the village we were not surprised to find out that there was no military activity. Two illegals were walking pleasantly towards the children gate. They were not stalled and we saw them walking towards A-Ras checkpoint.
Gate 753- 3 soldiers one of them from the military police.
A-Ras- 09:55-10:05- Most of the time there are no cars. A taxi arrives from TulKarm. The soldier is speaking with the driver for a long time. Meanwhile 3 cars are waiting in the checkpoint, 2 of them to Jubara. The soldier in the "tower" was happy to talk to us.
'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.Karin LindnerOct-28-2011Etz Ephraim settlement. Nurit overlooks Siniriya
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