‘Anabta, Ar-Ras, Jubara (Kafriat), Qalqiliya, Wed 13.2.08, Morning
7.00 Lower Jubara on the border of Israel.
The soldiers do not allow us to pass with Nadim saying that Israeli Arabs are not allowed to enter the village because they may pose as members of Machsomwatch. Other than that the soldiers are very pleasant and our brains must have been asleep as we did not see how absurd this way. The closure on the villages of the envelope area are supposed to stop Palestinians going into Israel and so there is no reason to stop an Israeli Arab coming from the area of Israel from going into an area from which he can get to Israel In the end we woke up rather annoyed and went in.
7.20 Ar-Ras (southern exit of Tulkarm).
A routine check with no special limitations and residents of Jenin can also exit.
7.50 Anabta (the eastern exit of Tulkarm).
Little movment. Here men under 35 from Jenin cannot exit. A rhetorical question. Why is this exit different from all other exits.
A telephone call informs us and this in addition to the evidence of a taxi driver says that some of the villages north of the city which includes Ilar, Atil, Zeida and Dir Raston are in an inside enclosure and it seems that here to it depends on the age of the person exiting.
9.30 Azzun
The centre which is the connecting link between the village and the main road of the area is closed to cars in a very definite manner. On the circle is a heap of stones and dirt, higher than a human being. Also there are very long rolls of barbed wire and there are also some soldiers. They said that they were not there so as to interfere with people going through. And we saw a young man who got out of a car next to them walking along the length of the wire, going into the mud, finding a place to get through and over the mounds of dirt enters Azzun. It seems that the road is open to anyone who is in good shape and does not fear the dirt….that is children and young men.
What is strange is that the soldiers say that the road is closed because on Saturday evening some young men from Azzun threw stones and Molotov cocktails on cars on the main road and two Israelis were hurt. So once again we come up against a puzzle. Why is the way to the road open only to the young amongst whom are the hotheads and the violent? On the road we ssee a Hummer in the village.
Dir Menara is open and also the exit from Izbit tabit.
10.00 Qalqiliya
Few cars and the soldiers are polite. A unit goes past on their way to an action in the city. Cars are checked with dogs. A young disturbed Palestinians stand very close to the checkpoint. He asks us how he can start up with Israeli girls. He tells us in a loud voice so that the soldiers hear how he wiped off the fence at the his home the brains of his cousin who had been shot by the army. In the meantime he sends yearning glances at the blonde tough dogtrainer.
'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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