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‘Anabta, Ar-Ras, Irtah, Thu 27.11.08, Morning

Place: 'Anabta CP A-Ras (The Children Checkpoint) Irtah (Sha'ar Efrayim)
Tags: Slow passage
Observers: Zvia S. Rachel A., Natanya reporting.
Nov-27-2008
| Morning

Irtah, A-Ras, Anabta, 27.11.2008, Thursday morning, E.

6.40 Irtah. Many workers passing. They complain that only one lane is open. Some of the workers come at 2 or 3 in the morning so as to get through first. The rides do not wait for whoever does not make it in time, and the person who's late has to go home. Two complain that their employer makes them work 9 hours instead of 8. People suggest we come at 2 am and see the line and the pressure at the passages in the morning, They heard that the army is returning and are glad. We do not know if this is so.
In our humble opinion one has to turn to the State Comptroller or to whoever is responsible for the organisations so as to check how the duties are being carried out at the checking area.

7.20 A-Ras. Reservists offer us coffee. The hole near the road is deeper and the passage of cars difficult and infuriating. Not much activity. The checking is swift. An unnecessary checkpoint.

7.55 Anabta. Routine, Reservists. Unnecessary.

  • '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).

  • 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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