‘Anabta, Ar-Ras, Jubara (Kafriat), Qalqiliya, Thu 14.8.08, Morning
Qalqilia
06:45 – The vehicle passage is almost empty. We don't stop.
Anabta (After Beit Iba checkpoint)
09:05 – Entering and leaving vehicles are not checked. We left after 10 minutes.
Ar-Ras checkpoint
09:40 – At the checkpoint we meet a family (young parents with 2 children) that saw us before at Beit Iba checkpoint. It took them an hour and a half to get here. The mother has cancer and she wishes to go to Tel Hashomer hospital where she has an appointment made by her Israeli sister.
She has all the permits and documents of the Palestinian Authority and the hospital but she doesn't have a permit of the District Coordination Office (DCO). The soldier at the checkpoint wouldn't let her pass and drives the family of the shade area of the checkpoint telling them to move off. Rachel refers the woman to Zechariya from Rabbis for Human Rights and he explains to her what permits she needs to have in order to get the medical treatment.
A youth arrives on his bicycles from the direction of Jubara and wants to go on towards Tulkarm. It is not quite clear why but he is detained.
We try to talk to him and the soldiers keep sending him from one place of the checkpoint to another.
10:10 – The soldiers are on full alert, so that the detainee is still waiting. The soldiers have his ID card. Since none of us speak Arabic, our call to the District Coordination Office doesn't help much.
At 10:15 we have to leave.
At noon the DCO has still no answer concerning the detainee.
'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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