‘Anabta, Ar-Ras, Azzun, Jubara (Kafriat), Qalqiliya, Wed 4.6.08, Morning
Atthe Eliyahu crossing we see Palestian workers waiting to cross over to
work in Alfei Menashe and do not stop. At Qalqiliya there are no lines
and the checking is quick. Cars only are delayed for a few seconds. An
Israeli woman waits to take a sick Palestinian child to Rambam in
Haifa. She is not attached to any organization, just a good woman.
Azun…both
entrances are open. At Izbit Tabib is an army jeep on the hill left of
the road. At Svut Ami we did not see anyone at this illegal
settlement but it does not mean that there is no one inside. At Anabta
(Einav) 9.55 – 10 05 on the way back from Beit Iba, Cars in both
directions pass almost freely. Two soldier chat and sign to cars to
pass (without the movement of a finger heaven help a Palestinian car
coming forward). The man selling coffee at the carpark 100 metres from
the checkpoint tells us that yesterday he brought fruit to sell at the
crossroads as from the coffee he does not make more than 20 shekel a
day. The soldiers did not allow him to do so because this is trading.
How much can one man bring through in his two hands.
Saparan.
The entrance to the village which has always been closed since our
coming here is open. We did not stop to watch and we also saw no
Palestinian car passing. What does this mean. Road 557 between Einav
and Jubara is no longer an apartheid road?
10. 20 At the entrance to the village is a problem. Can Hamdan our
driver enter. The commander phones to find out and we go in. At gate
753 is no one and the soldiers do not even get up. At A-Ras (farm 8)
it is hot and there is an atmosphere of siesta. Only one car entered
Tulkarm. Zigzaging between the stones on the road and without being
checked. On the other side are cement barriers between the two lanes
and most of the road is without shoulders and the cars have one wheel
on the road and the other on the side.
'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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