‘Anabta, Ar-Ras, Jubara (Kafriat), Qalqiliya, Tue 30.12.08, Morning
Translation: Galia S.
Qalqiliya
07:20 – In both directions the traffic is flowing. Five vehicles are at the entrance.
Anabta
09:00 – The traffic is flowing. However, as soon as we get there, two soldiers, reservists wearing skullcaps, run towards us announcing that because we have arrived they are going to start delaying Palestinian vehicles. Of course they also they are at a disadvantage because we are comfortable in our home in Tel Aviv while they protect us. "Tell them their friends have arrived", the reservists shout to their friends who are busy checking a Palestinian vehicle. Meanwhile the traffic goes on streaming despite the threats. Five minutes later they finally fulfill their promise and make a Palestinian jeep wait 2 minutes patiently for them to finish talking with each other. Halleluiah to the occupation!
Jubara
09:20 – The soldiers don't know what we are talking about, neither do they understand why all of a sudden we wish to pass at Ar-Ras gate. The reservist says that yesterday MachsomWatch women took a different way. We tell him to call and ask for clarifications and permission for us to pass. He wants to take our documents but we explain patiently that we don't give them and ask him again to make the call. In the meantime we are waiting. Ten minutes later Moriya goes to ask one of the soldiers what is going on and what they have found out. It turns out the soldiers are carrying out exercises, which is the reason why he doesn't intend to call anybody. He is busy. I control my annoyance over the various ways the soldiers invent to waste our time and wear us out. The soldier suggests that we travel on the lower road that once used to lead to Tulkarm. This is what we do. Although we drive there, N. is afraid they won't open the gate for us when we come back.
Ar-Ras
09:40 – For some reason, the soldier who meets us speaks to us in English. The other soldiers have no idea who we are and what MachsomWatch is and start questioning Moriya. There is scarcely any traffic and the soldiers seem to be bored. There are almost no vehicles but they grow in number, coming from Qalqiliya, as we talk. When a fully packed taxi, coming from the direction of Tulkarm, is checked, there is already a line of 6 cars. When we leave, the soldiers are already busy with work.
'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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