‘Anabta, Ar-Ras, Irtah, Thu 13.11.08, Morning
Louise Levi translating
7.00 Irtach – Most of the workers and the families of the prisoners have already passed through the roadblock. Because of the rainy weather fewer workers have arrived, and those who have complain, asking why additional exit lanes have not been opened. Only 4 out of 16 lanes are open. We want to talk to the commander in charge, but he is not at the roadblock. The security guard tries to find him for us. Since this complaint is as old as the roadblock itself, maybe we should turn to higher instances having the authority to do something about it. Or maybe, we have already tried everything there is to do, but with no result.
7.30 A-Ras – Rigorous inspections of the vehicles passing through the roadblock, especially of those coming from the south. Passengers are ordered out of their cars during inspection, and a long line of vehicles is already waiting. Each arriving car is being checked. The soldiers behave arrogantly and show little respect.
7.50Anabta – Routine. The man selling coffee gets sacks of clothes from us. Happily he passes through to the other side of the roadblock, where the soldiers stop him to check his sacks. No problem arises.
'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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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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