‘Anabta, Ar-Ras, Jubara (Kafriat), יום ג’ 20.5.08, אחה”צ
Jubara
15:15 – At the schoolchildren's Gate we have seen for the first time the big announcement about an international group of businessmen who will be equipped with a purple document and whose passage ought to be quick. They haven't encountered these visitors at this checkpoint yet. No problems, no detainees and scarcely any traffic at all.
Ar-Ras
15:25 – Two taxis are waiting at the exit southward. The check is random. The road in the southern part of the junction is still destroyed, which makes the passage difficult for those who come from the south. We have had an interesting talk with the checkpoint commander ensuing the astonishment we expressed at seeing the disposable plates on which they are served the food, scattered on the shielding walls built around the checkpoint. The plates and the stones that are on them are charred. The commander doesn't understand our astonishment and seems to think that we are accusing the soldiers of throwing burning plates at Palestinian cars. This hasn't even crossed our mind and we explain that we have simply never seen it before in all our visits in the place. According to them, the purpose of these plates is to keep them warm in the cold nights as the checkpoint is operated day and night.
The commander who wears a skullcap elaborates on the topic in order to present our hostile attitude toward the soldiers. After we explain our views, he concedes that among the soldiers there are also those who object to checkpoints. Unfortunately, it has been a day after shooting the boy at Huwwara checkpoint, which has given him something to lean on.
Anabta
16:00 – Very long lines of 30 vehicles in each direction.
A taxi driver who reports about waiting time of one and a half hours comes up with an explanation: a Palestinian vehicle overturned at the junction of roads 57 and 537. Some people were injured and taken to a hospital. Then the army came and blew up the overturned car with everything it contained. The road was closed, which accounts for the long lines that were there when it opened.
The soldier's report about the accident is a bit different. According to them, the army blew up only a bag, not a car. As we go on driving we see no sign of a car or an explosion of any kind.
The passage of cars is slow although the checks are brief – only documents, but the soldiers seem to be exhausted (it has been a hot day).
'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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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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