‘Anabta, ‘Azzun, Ar-Ras, Jubara (Kafriat), Mon 22.12.08, Morning
Natanya translating.
6.35 Eilyahua passage
A few workers in line.
6.40 Qalqiliya
Quiet. No lines at the entrance and a short one at the exit (about 3-7 cars during our shift.=). Pedestrians go around without being checked.
7.00 Azun
No blockage.
9.00 Anabta.
The moment we arrived a soldier ran up to tell us to stand behind the cement block. We refused even in face of a threat to stop the checking. The rest of the soldiers were dafke interested in our activities and asked us many questions. No lines and a random checking and now and again the IDs of those in cars were checked.
9.10 The checking of IDs at the entrance took more than two minutes and a line of 17 cars piled up which soon emptied out. Israeli cars were allowed in.
9.45 The Taniem passage. A meeting of several dog trainers. At the side is a Palestinian Israeli car which was there to be checked but though we waited a few minutes while waiting for the gate to be opened it was not checked by a dog.
9.50 Jubara.
2 illegal workers are waiting. They were told to go to A-Ras for further checking.
9.55 A-Ras.
There are cement blocks in the direction of Jubara to stop swift passage. An Israeli car comes from the direction of Qalqiliya and goes into Tulkarm with no problem. The soldiers are reservists who stand at the side and now and again stop a car to check both ID and contents and this includes cars in either direction.
The IDs of the illegal workers are checked in the net and within 15 minutes they are freed.
'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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'Azzun
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Azoun (updated February 2019)
A Palestinian town situated in Area B (under civil Palestinian control and Israeli security control),
on road 5 between Nablus and Qalqiliya, east of Nabi Elias village. The inhabitants are allowed to construct and improve infrastructures. The Separation Fence has confiscated lands belonging to the town's people. In 2018 olive tree groves owned by one of its inhabitants were confiscated for the sake of paving a road to bypass Nabi Elias. Azoun population numbers 13,000, its economic state dire. Its infrastructures are poor, neglect and poverty rampant. In the meantime, the town council has completed paving an internal road for the inhabitants' welfare.
Because of its proximity to the Jewish settler-colony of Karnei Shomron and its outposts, the town suffers the intense presence of the Israeli army, especially at nighttime: soldiers enter homes, arrest suspects, trash the house and sometimes ruin it, as they do in numerous places in the West Bank. At times a checkpoint closes the entrance to the town, so no one can come in or get out.
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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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