'Anabta, Ar-Ras, Eyal, Jubara (Kafriat), Qalqiliya, Mon 26.5.08, Morning - machsomwatch
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‘Anabta, Ar-Ras, Eyal, Jubara (Kafriat), Qalqiliya, Mon 26.5.08, Morning

Observers: Observers: Nina S., Osnat R. (reporter); Translator: Orna B
May-26-2008
| Morning
07:00 Qalqiliya
Very quiet. A soldier at the checkpoint advised us to arrive at 8-9 since the queues are vre very long then.
We continued to Eyal Passage via Tzoofin Checkpoint.
07:20 Eyal Passage
It is relatively late for workmen to be going through. At the parking lot there are still some workmen. We walked around the installation to see the entrance point of the workmen and indeed there were no workmen waiting. There is slow drip drip of workmen who take a few minutes to go through the installation, by our invitation. 4 workmen are waiting for the office next to the installation to open, since there was no match between their handprint and the magnetic card (the DCO).
07:30 On the way back to Qalqiliya – there are no queues.
07:35 Azzun
A borderguard vehicle is at the entrance to the blocked village. 7 detainees are waiting aside. The boderguard soldiers told us that they were checking both those who enter and those who exit. It means that actually pedestrians are let through, and since the adults can climb over the earth mounds, persumably children who want to throw stones can do it too quite easily.
07:45 They release the detainees. A woman from Alphei Menashe had been waiting for one of the detainees in order to drive him to her clothes workshop in the village of Lakia. "They do not know where and whom to inspect" she complains about the policemen.
07:55 Jit Junction
No queues.
10:05 Anabta
There are vehicles at the exit. Hardly any inspections. Mainly questions "Where are you travelling to?" "Going to Ramalla?" "Are you travelling together?" What have you got behind there?"… All this dialogue in a dry tone of voice, and then uttering "Move on" .
They take ID cards from passengers of a cab and ask the driver to wait aside. When the checkpoint commander gets back with the ID cards he does not go back to the cab to return them, but goes to the check post and does not even bother to call the driver who has to guess whether or not he can approach to collect the ID cards.
It takes about 5 minutes for 10 cars to go through.
10:40 Jubara
A group of young illegals is waiting. There is a vehicle loaded with aluminum containers destined for chicken coops. They do not let the vehicle through. According to the A-ras checkpoint commander's explanation all commercial goods, even for the village grocers, requires a permit.
10:50 A-ras
No queues.
  • '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.  
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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).

  • Eyal Checkpoint / Crossing

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    •   Eyal Checkpoint is intended for pedestrians and Palestinians only. This is the main barrier for workers to cross from the center of the West Bank. Workers with a work permit to enter Israel can pass through it for trade, medicine, and visiting prisoners. The checkpoint was built on the Green Line north of Qalqilya in the separation barrier that surrounds the city. The checkpoint began operating in 2004 by the military. Opening hours on weekdays from 04:00 to 19:00. We started holding shifts there in 2007. We arrived at the checkpoint before it opened at 4 in the morning. We reported on the difficult conditions and the long and cramped queues of workers who must continue their journey by commuting to work throughout Israel. At the end of June 2009, the checkpoint was operated by a civil security company, The transit time has been gradually shortened, today it is faster, but the Palestinians still have to arrive very early to make it to the transportation. Usually, about 15,000 people pass through.
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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.
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