‘Anabta, Ar-Ras, Beit Iba, Irtah, Jubara (Kafriat), Sun 3.8.08, Morning
06:50 Irtah. Lots of activity at the checkpoint, most workers have already gone through and some of them are clustered in the parking area, waiting for the employers. No line of workers from Tulkarm, traffic is flowing.
07:05 Jubarra checkpoint – A few soldiers at the checkpoint and very sparse automobile traffic. A few residents of Israel pass through toward Taibeh, the soldiers open the gate without delay.
07:10 Ar-Ras checkpoint – Sparse traffic. No detainees; the buses carrying children haven't yet arrived (are schools on vacation?)
07:25 'Anabta – At Anabta checkpoint there were no detainees from the direction of Nablus. There are fewpedestrians, but mostly no students come from Tulkarm. People go through the checkpoint on foot and get a taxi or a bus on the other side. A very long line of cars are waiting from the direction of Tulkarm.
07:40-8:30 Beit Iba – The place is buzzing with people going through in both directions. Long lines of students from the direction of Tulkarm. Complaints (we won't get to class on time). Careful checks (comparison with a list held by the soldiers). Not enough soldiers, many people passing through and the lines are long. We timed a fifteen minute wait in a crowded line to pass through to Nablus.
A number of detainees on the Nablus side. (according to the commander they tried to bypass the checkpoint in the morning and that's why they were detained). Occasionally, after being checked, a detainee is released and sent on his way.
The soldiers behaved nicely to us, and answered all our questions.
08:30 We left.
'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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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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Beit Iba
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A perimeter checkpoint west of the city of Nablus. Operated from 2001 to 2009 as one of the four permanent checkpoints closing on Nablus: Beit Furik and Awarta to the east and Hawara to the south. A pedestrian-only checkpoint, where MachsomWatch volunteers were present daily for several hours in the morning and afternoon to document the thousands of Palestinians waiting for hours in long queues with no shelter in the heat or rain, to leave the district city for anywhere else in the West Bank. From March 2009, as part of the easing of the Palestinian movement in the West Bank, it was abolished, without a trace, and without any adverse change in the security situation.
Jun-4-2014Beit-Iba checkpoint 22.04.04
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Irtah (Sha'ar Efrayim)
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The checkpoint is for Palestinians only. It is the main barrier to the passage of workers from the northern West Bank to Israel. Workers with a permit to work in Israel and also for trade (with appropriate permissions), medicine, and visiting prisoners. One can cross the checkpoint only on foot. The checkpoint is located north of Road 557 and south of Tulkarm. Operated by a civil security company, opening hours: between 4:00 and 19:00 on weekdays. As members of Machsom Watch, we began our shifts to this location in 2007. We arrived before it opened at 4 in the morning and report since, on the harsh conditions and the long and crowded queues of workers. The workers who pass by continue their journey by transportation to work throughout Israel. In the first period of its activity, about 3,000 and then 5,000 people passed through this checkpoint every day. Due to the small number of checking points and arbitrary delays for long periods of time in the "rooms", workers feared losing their transportation. Hence workers leave their homes at 2:30 at night to be among the first. Today, 15,000 pass and the transition is faster. Workers are still leaving their homes very early to get past the checkpoint at 7 p.m. In an adjacent compound, there is a terminal for the transfer of goods on a commercial scale, using the back-to-back method.
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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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