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‘Anabta, Ar-Ras, Irtah, Wed 31.12.08, Morning

Place: 'Anabta CP A-Ras (The Children Checkpoint) Irtah (Sha'ar Efrayim)
Tags: Crowding Maltreatment Slow passage
Observers: Nora R. Michal B.
Dec-31-2008
| Morning

Natanya translating

6.50 Irtah.
The Palestinians complain that on the other side people have been waiting in line in the rain and there are only two checking posts.

The workers say that last night only one post was working. They said that a month ago one of them was killed when he was pushed against the fence which did not hold and fell on him. Another said that the finger of his friend had been cut off because of the pressure and the inhuman conditions when they have to stand like animals in a cage.
A resident of Cafrin asked for help in getting permits for his children. Since the fence was put up he cannot get to the 12 dunam of land on which his orchards stand. He himself gets a permit but cannot do all the work.

Baara 7.20

Checkpoint G.  Our request to pass through was immediately granted.

7.40 A-Ras. Reservists. Normal traffic.

8.15 Anabta. When we got there only one lane was open for cars both entering and exiting. The work with the crane on top of the booth blocked part of the road and slowed down the traffic very much. The soldiers said that the work would continues for another hour and then the traffic would return to the normal lane. Israeli cars are allowed into the city.

  • '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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