‘Anabta, Ar-Ras, Beit Iba, Jubara (Kafriat), Qalqiliya, Wed 2.1.08, Afternoon
Qalqilia
Little movement. Apathy and imperviousness to people…maybe that is the drama today, here and at Beit Iba.
14.30 Jubara checkpoint.
I went up to the soldier to tell him we were entering through the gate of Jubara. He was polite and said that there was an exercise at Jubara and that we should not be alarmed if we saw soldiers turning around with drawn weapons and this was so….we saw soldiers in the yards of the houses.
When we left for A-Ras next to the childrens' gate was a car, a donkey cart and the donkey and 5 boys. In the hut the soldiers were dealing with a woman soldier who was "wounded" as part of the exercise…3 army cars, 10 soldiers all standing and watching and waiting.
A-Ras
No checking and no movement. A police car with two policemen and we photographed the car on the other side. We ask a policeman what is happening and he says "That is not your business and if you are photographing I have nothing to say to you." I am surprised that we are not allowed to photograph and he said "What would you do if I came into your house and photographed." The open field is as an entrance to my house? This is the logic. I did not answer and the police vehicle drove off.
The line at the exit from Tulkarm lengthens and people are already getting out and waiting on the road because they realize this is going to take a long time.
We went to two soldiers who were standing doing nothing and they spoke pleasantly but said that they had been ordered not to let anyone through till the drill ended. They themselves were very tired as all night they had been on guard at the checkpoints and now because of the drill they had to stay there also the whole day. And so they do look exhausted and apathetic.
We asked why the car is going to Qalqiliya and not to Jubara could not be allowed through, but that was that. They did not want to deal with the question.
We phoned Tammie that she should try to see what could be done but then the soldier phoned his commander and asked the same question and she said there was no problem. They could go through and at 14:45 everyone went through thanking us.
Maybe the "small head" of the soldiers was because of their exhaustion and it does not really make any difference. They did not think to ask questions and waited with the Palestinians for the nightmare to end.
Sarah says that the army has the same attitude to the soldiers and the Palestinians…neither have any importance.
15:00 We go to Anabta where there are 20 cars in both directions. The soldiers are efficient but do not greet us and at 15:35 we go to Beit Iba.
'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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