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‘Anabta, Ar-Ras, Beit Iba, Irtah, Thu 11.12.08, Morning

Observers: Tzvia S., Rachel A. (reporting) Translator: Judith G.
Dec-11-2008
| Morning

Irtah, A-Ras, Anabta, Beit Iba

06:45 – Irtahit is still a holiday, the last day of Id-al-Adhah so there aren't so many workers.  The atmosphere is calm, no complaints.  Four lines were open, so people didn't have to wait long.  "Come on Sunday and you'll see what it is like!" 07:20 – Ar-RasReserve unit.  They look at us and ask who we are.  They listen.  One objects.  One insults.  At the checkpoint itself there is almost no traffic.  Here and there a vehicle.  Inspected and passes through. 07:40 – AnabtaThere is very little traffic.  No pedestrians.  Two taxis arewaiting for passengers.  One of the taxi drivers tells us that on the day of the riots in Hebron, settlers stoned the taxi's windows while he was driving, with passengers.  Later another driver came and told us that a lot of cars were attacked on the same day.  We took the testimonies from the taxi driver who complained to "Yesh Din". 08:30 – Beit IbaHere, too, because of the holiday, there are not many people or vehicles.  Those that arrive can enter Nablus with almost no inspection.  Everybody knows about the changes that are about to take place here.  The drivers tell us that everyone can enter Nablus, but they can't go out by way of Beit Iba.  Whoever wants to go out and has no permit has to leave by way of Bidan, to the north of Nablus.  Interesting.  One can enter, but not exit.  Reasonable.

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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.  
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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).

  • 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.  
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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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