‘Anabta, Ar-Ras, Jubara (Kafriat), Mon 30.3.09, Afternoon
Translator: Bracha
Jubara A-Ras
13:45 Two smiling soldiers receive us when we asked to open the gate to Jubara for us. “Who are you? Are you allowed to go in? We’ll find out right away.” A car arrives, stops at the inspection opening, and two women and a man get out. One of the women approaches the soldier with a pile of printed pages. “How are you, sweeties? Take this and read it so you‘ll know not to talk. Soon we’ll bring you sweets, too.” She takes the soldier’s hand and goes into the inspection booth with him. The soldier who went to clarify if the gate could be opened comes back with the key and goes to open the gate for us. A few cars pass through Te’enim checkpoint in both directions.
13:50 There are four soldiers at the children’s gate. The bus to Jubara goes through without being checked. They also let us through. The road to A-Ras is open without roadblocks, without mobilizations. We are on our way to Anabta via Kfar Sur and Beit Leed.
14:30 Anabta
There are areas that bulldozers have leveled on either side of the checkpoint and the heavy traffic to and from Tul Karem flows without being blocked by the heavy equipment working widening the road. Soldiers are manning the two northern and southern positions and are letting cars pass without checking them.
Hechaviot Checkpoint
15:00: Next to the watchtower on the road leading to Dir Sharaf is a large truck with a crane loading gravel from the road into a truck, leaving only one lane open for cars. Three soldiers stand talking next to the truck and one soldier supervises the traffic very efficiently. Each time he stops the traffic from a different direction and lets cars through in the other direction. At the exit from Nablus the soldier stops each car, takes the driver’s I.D. card, steps aside and checks the details, and returns to the car quickly. He asks to check the trunk, lets the car go, and stops the next one while other cars are passing by without being checked.
Qalqilya: 15:45
15:45 The parking lot next to the checkpoint is filled with cars and taxis. Traffic in the checkpoint is light. About 100 meters n front of the checkpoint a policeman write a report for a car with Palestinian license plates.
'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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