‘Anabta, Ar-Ras, Beit Iba, Jubara (Kafriat), Qalqiliya, Tue 22.4.08, Morning
Translation: Charles Kamen
Beit Iba checkpoint, 7:00 – 8:10
On route to the checkpoint, a relatively short line of workers and vehicles at Eliyahu Gate and the Qalqilya checkpoint. When we arrived at Beit Iba, – a very long line of people crowded around the security gate, women and older people not being checked. During the shift the DCO arrives and the soldiers – whether because of this or not – also let younger people through without checking them, which immediately eliminates the line. Relatively few people leaving Nablus, people take of their belts and move quickly. Vehicle traffic moves easily the whole time.
Many people, and very busy during the entire shift, so that whenever someone starts being checked a relatively long line forms immediately, and very soon the soldiers let everyone through without checking them and the line disappears.
Anabta, 8:20 – 9:00
Few vehicles on the way in and out of Tulkarm. According to the soldiers, there are no restrictions on people passing through. As we’re leaving, the taxi drivers call us over and complain that they’re continually being pushed farther and farther away from the checkpoint. When we wanted to speak with the commander, they asked us not to complain so they wouldn’t be harassed even more. The person who sells coffee tries to get near the checkpoint and the armored personnel carrier immediately moves him away, a tangible example of the drivers’ complaints.
Ar-Ras and Jubara 9:10 – 10:20
We waited about 20 minutes at Jubara for the gate to be opened – the key had disappeared.
When we arrived at A-Ras we saw three young men waiting in the blazing sun. They said they regularly transport fish food from Tulkarm to Qalqilya and pass through the checkpoint every time. They have all the necessary documents, and don’t understand why this time they’re being held up. The soldiers at the checkpoint say that they’re not responsible for the delay. Someone in an armored personnel carrier calls the Palestinians over, one by one, by name, frisks and interrogates them. Finally, after waiting an hour and a half for no clear reason, they’re released. We don’t get any answers from the soldiers in the APC when we ask for an explanation; they’re unwilling to talk at all. We leave, very concerned about what we saw. Before going on we stopped, as usually, to see Abu Hatam, and try to explain to them why it is forbidden to eat leavened bread during Passover.
'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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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.
Nina SebaAug-18-2025Azzun: Enclosed by a high fence and the gate to the village is closed
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