‘Anabta, Ar-Ras, Jubara (Kafriat), Qalqiliya, Mon 14.7.08, Morning
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Habla north
06:40 – The Agricultural Gate is closed. According to the IDF Humanitarian Center, the gate is open between 07:20 and 08:50.
Eliyahu Gate
06:50 – We have been watching a few workers. Every worker approaches the soldier who makes sure that the worker has an ID card and checks his bags. Then the worker moves to the inspection post itself where all his documents are checked.
Qalqiliya
06:55 – Fifteen vehicles are at the exit. No line at the entrance. The passengers of each car are taken out and asked to stand aside. Then the vehicle and its contents are checked and when the check is over, the people are allowed to get back in and go on their way. ID cards are not checked. On the other hand, pedestrians aren't checked at all.
07:07 – The end of the line cannot be seen and it seems as if the soldiers slow the check down because of us. We have talked to the IDF Humanitarian Center. A taxi in which 3 older women are sitting is also required to go through same senseless procedure.
07:15 – People start losing their temper and blow the horns. It has taken 25 minutes for 10 cars to pass, according to our measuring. We call the IDF Humanitarian Center again.
07:30 – They are starting to let all the vehicles pass without any stopping or checking.
07:35 – In the line there are now 10 vehicles left.
On the way to our car we hear from a taxi driver that before we came there had been no line and that the soldiers had done it on purpose. We meet two drivers who had been detained and their ID cards have been taken – a punitive action for jumping the line. Hearing this, we go back to ask what is going on, and when the soldiers see us coming back, they call the drivers to come and get back their documents.
Anabta
10:10 – We have been waiting for the key for 15 minutes owing to the fact that a new company is manning the checkpoint. When we got back here, the new local company commander came to open the gate. He had met with Hannah B. while he was studying. He had also given his cell phone number to make calls if necessary.
Ar-Ras
10:30 – No lines. However, vehicles that enter Tulkarm are checked, too.
'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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Qalqiliya checkpoint
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Qalqilya is surrounded on all sides by the separation barrier. The only exit from the city is in the east of the city on the road that leaves the city in an easterly direction. This is where the checkpoint was located. When the checkpoint was active until 2009 our shifts watched long queues of cars being inspected at the only exit from the city to the West Bank. The checkpoint was canceled, but there is a military presence at the entrance to the city.
Nina SebaAug-18-2025Azzun: Enclosed by a high fence and the gate to the village is closed
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