‘Anabta, Ar-Ras, Azzun, Qalqiliya, Wed 26.12.07, Morning
Tulkarm
The thin traffic at the checkpoint is probably due to the universities vacation in Nablus.
The main entrance to Azzun from road 55 is blocked by concrete cubes. The western entrance (next to the parking facility) is open. At the entrance to the village of Laqif and on the way between Funduq and the village of Hajja, the passage is free.
Irtah passage (Efrayim Gate)
07:00 – A lot of workers are waiting for transportation. Two buses are waiting for the prisoner's families. Talking to some workers, we understand that there are no complains. Waiting time is 20 – 30 minutes. Only one security corridor operates today. On Sunday, because of the pressure, three security corridors were in operation.
Ar-Ras checkpoint (Farm 8)
07:15 – Reservists, a dog-trainer and a dog are at the checkpoint. There are scarcely any vehicles.
Anabta (Einav)
07:45 – Here, too, there are reservists. The lines on both sides are short (3 – 4 cars). They pass quickly.
The road from Funduq to Hajja (On the way back from Beit Iba)
10:00 – At a distance of about 150 meters from the main road, there are earth ramparts on the road but on one side the barrier has been removed and cars can pass (one at a time) from one side to the other.
The entrance to the village of Laqif
Here, too, there were rocks and an earth rampart that blocked the entrance to the village. Also here the barrier has been partly removed and cars can pass.
Azzun
The main entrance from the road 55 – the eastern one – i9s blocked by a line of concrete cubes and cars are parked on both sides of the barrier. The western entrance is open, but the inner road that leads to the village (parallel to road 55) is blocked by earth ramparts and in order to enter Azun it is necessary to make a detour via Izbat Tabib.
Qalqiliya checkpoint
10:15 – Not many cars are waiting. Palestinian cars pass quickly. Cars with Israeli licence plates are detained and the number is checked in a notebook to see if the vehicle has a permission to enter the city.
'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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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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