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‘Anabta, Ar-Ras, Jubara (Kafriat), Wed 14.1.09, Morning

Place: 'Anabta CP A-Ras (The Children Checkpoint) Jubara (Kafriat)
Observers: Nora R., Michal B., Hannah P. (Reporter)
Jan-14-2009
| Morning
Translator: Orna B.

07:30 Jubara
They use the phone to find out if they may let us through; there is no key, they call and a Hammer brings the key.
At the Children's Gate we are stopped. They need to find out if we are allowed  through to A-ras checkpoint. We got permission.

08:00 A-ras
The commander politely puts us behind the concrete blocks at the centre of the checkpoint, for our own protection.

They inspect every car and a queue forms. In addition they inspect  only one side at a time and  meanwhile the queue grows on the other side. It is the shift changing time, and they stop working for 15 minutes. After the break the Hammer still blocks one side and creates more delays.

08:50 Anabta

Lively traffic. At the entrance they inspect and check IDs, and a queue builds up. Israeli cars are let through after inspection. Suddenly there is a phone call. Someone leaves the observation tower and instructs the other to stop the inspection. In a minute the queue disappeared.

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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.  
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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).

  • 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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