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‘Anabta, Ar-Ras, Jubara (Kafriat), Mon 9.2.09, Afternoon

Place: 'Anabta CP A-Ras (The Children Checkpoint) Jubara (Kafriat)
Tags: Cab drivers Identification Cards (ID)
Observers: Ziona S. Alice P. Yonah A. Natanya translating.
Feb-09-2009
| Afternoon

Jubara,
A-Ras.

13.45 It took the soldier 5 minutes to come to open the gate to
Jubara. He looked for the key and when he found it asked another
soldier to accompany him because he was scared to go alone. He asked us
if he had a permit to go in and phoned the operation room to get it.
When he did he asked why we had curtains on the windows, if we were
hiding Palestinians and asked to see our IDs as if our Machsomwatch
badges were not sufficient. We went through gate 753 with no problems
and also a bus with children passed through with no delay.

14.05 A civil police jeep stands at the road in front of the sentry tower.  Two policeman wander round the checkpoint.

There
is much movement of cars in all directions. A soldier signs to cars
coming from Qalqiliya to Tulkarm to pass through. The cars coming from
Tulkarm are checked carefully by two soldiers. The soldier in the
sentry tower asks if he can help. When we ask if he knows who we are he
says yes and that he is not for us.

One
of the policemen stops a taxi after it had passed the checking of the
soldier, takes the ID and tells the car to wait at the side. It has
many passengers. One of them does not have his seat belt on and the
policeman writes a ticket.  So he does to other taxis.

14.55 Anabta.

Manned by soldiers but hardly any movement in or out of Tulkarm.

  • '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).

  • 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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