‘Anabta, Ar-Ras, Jubara (Kafriat), Qalqiliya, Thu 29.1.09, Morning
Translator: Louise L.
7.00 Jubara
The soldiers ask us to wait until they get the permit to let us in – it takes about 7 minutes. The commander at the roadblock claims that he will need a permit to let us out as well. We suggest that he get a permit in advance, but he says it is impossible.
7.15 A-Ras
Procedures have changed and the soldiers check every car coming from A-Ras, and of course also those coming from Tulkarem. They open the doors of almost every car as well as the trunk. The doors themselves are being checked.
At Jubara we are let out through the gate without delay.
8.00 Anabta
At the exit from the direction of Tulkarem the line is long. The cars pass through quickly, but there is a lot of traffic, and many cars are being stopped to have their permits checked. A bus is being held while a soldier checks its permit, and in the meantime the bus is blocking the traffic, since a car waiting to be inspected is already parking on the side. Each time the soldier has to cross the road to the pillbox in order to check the permit and then go back again. This causes delays, of course.
8.30
A person has been ordered out of a cab. The reason why isn’t clear. The cab is driving on while the man is sent to wait where the soldiers are posted. They take away his cell phone. We can’t find out what is going on, because the soldiers won’t let us approach him, and he isn’t allowed to speak to us. They give the detainee water. We call the IDF Humanitarian Center, which returns our call after a little while informing us that the man has been detained for inspection and that he will be released soon. They also mention that a person can be detained only for a short time. We have no way of finding out what happens this time.
10.30 Qalqiliya
The line at the entrance is long and it is quite long at the exit as well, even though the soldiers let the cars through without delay. Each passage takes 7 minutes. Evidently there is much more traffic today than what we have seen during the last few weeks.
'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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