‘Anabta, Ar-Ras, Jubara (Kafriat), Qalqiliya, Thu 12.2.09, Afternoon
14.10 – Jubara, A-Ras
We arrive at gate 753 to drive
on from there to A-Ras. The soldiers at the roadblock are interested
and ask us questions about what we are doing and about Machsomwatch.
We pass through without being checked. At A-Ras there isn’t one single
car. After a few minutes some private vehicles arrive from the villages
in the direction of Tulkarem. They drive through without being checked.
The soldiers check the permit of a truck driver, who arrives from the
same direction.
14.20 – We leave
14.40 – Anabta
The traffic in both directions
is passing through without delay. At the most there are 2 cars at the
exit.
14.46 – We leave
16.40 – Qalqiliya
There are 14 cars at the entrance
and 2-3 at the exit. Permits are being checked in both directions. A
bus full of young men is parking on the side a few meters from the entrance.
3 men are standing outside close to the roadblock. A man standing nearby,
but with no connection to the passengers of the bus, tells us that they
have been waiting for an hour already. He says that they have already
been checked, and that they are being detained for no reason. He says
that he’s working in the area. We don’t know why he’s waiting.
We understand the passengers in the bus are students from the A-Nagiyah
University on their way home from Nablus. We try to ask the soldiers
why the students are being detained, and when they will be released.
The reaction is aggressive. The soldiers say that the case is being
checked and add that we are interfering, that it’s military area and
that we have to move back behind the signpost. Another soldier coming
in the direction of the soldiers speaking to us orders them not to talk
to us. We move back behind the signpost.
16.50 – The bus with the students
doesn’t wait any longer. It drives on without the 3 detainees.
16.54 – There are 30 cars at
the entrance and the line is still getting longer. Waiting time is 10
minutes. At the entrance permits are being checked sporadically.
17.00 – A soldier turns to
the man we spoke to before. Apparently he’s not allowed to keep standing
there any longer. He walks away in the direction of Qalqiliya.
17.03 – Two of the students
are being released, but we are standing far away and cannot speak to
them. Now vehicles are passing through without inspection.
17.09 – The third student is
being released.
The line at the entrance is long,
but the vehicles are driving through relatively fast.
We leave.
'Anabta CP
See all reports for this place-
'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
-
A-Ras (The Children Checkpoint)
See all reports for this place-
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)
See all reports for this place-
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.
-
Qalqiliya checkpoint
See all reports for this place-
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
-