‘Anabta, ‘Azzun ‘Atma, Eliyahu Crossing, Falamiya, Habla, Jit Junction , Shave Shomron
At the 'Azzun 'Atma checkpoint a lot of people are waiting in line, we are used to seeing a much shorter line at this hour; the reason for this is not clear.
Those standing in line press upon the turnstile every once in a while, so that it can't turn, so every time there is a short halt in the progress of the line. There is terrible crowding in the line, luckily there are no children here or handicapped people. At a certain point, the soldiers come into the line and organize things, so the situation is better.
By our observations, it would take a worker at least half an hour to get through the checkpoint to work.
06:05 'Azzun 'Atma
There are a few people outside and a lot of vehicles waiting for workers. A very long line, at least 100 people. An Israeli employer waiting for workers tells us that there was a lot of pressure yesterday and the workers started shoving, so the soldiers threw a smoke grenade to scatter them; one man was injured and an ambulance took him to hospital. According to the workers, the gate from Beit Amin at the entrance of the village from the west bank is manned, but only people with permits for work in Israel can go through, or those who live in 'Azzun 'Atma.
The line occasionally presses on the turnstile which then cannot turn; the soldiers become anxious and start arguing, every once in a while it is stuck. By our computation, 17 people went through in 5 minutes. The schoolchildren couldn't go to school yesterday because of the confusion and the smoke grenade, according to the EAPPI observers. They also said that the soldiers were very nervous yesterday because of the shouting and pushing in the line, and the injured man, etc.
A Jewish employer arrives and looks for his workers, and asks the soldiers where Abu Ahmed is, as though they could know who is in line and who already went through! …A Palestinian asked us to help him pass through the line, because he has a doctor's letter saying it is forbidden for him to stand for a long period as he just had a kidney operation. We tried to take the letter to the checkpoint commander, but he waved us away, "I don't talk to you at all and I don't have time" – not clear what his responsibility is; as a commander, he is supposed to solve problems. We called the DCO, they wanted to help, but meanwhile the man became discouraged and disappeared in the line.
06:50 a soldier is still controlling the functioning of the line. The line is still long – about 70 people, but at least there is no pushing and no halting of the process.
06:55 Six girls, dressed in school uniforms arrive and go through the gate to school.
07:15 Habla checkpoint
The gate is open since 07:00, according to those passing through. Six wagons go through, with mules and young passengers. A lot of people wait in line; also here there are arguments about the order. There is crowding, but passage is swift. More wagons arrive – really a scene which we are not used to. More and more youths with bicycles; the adults seem to have started to bring their wagons so that they will also be "motorized". Also, more cars than usual come, bringing plants to the nurseries. The climax was when a camel arrived and went through – not clear for what purpose! 07:45 the line started to decrease.
Eliyahu Gate
There are few vehicles in the inspection area and no one waiting in the pedestrian line.
08:30 Falamya Gate
Also here there was a mule-drawn wagon and another rider from Jayyus on a mule – mule day today! A couple arrived in a taxi (apparently from Jayyus, since the gate there is closed at this hour, so they have to come here and then get on a tractor going north to their fields). A horse and rider also go through the checkpoint. The gate is closed and anyone who arrives has to open it and close it behind him.
The J'it junction on highway #60: soldiers and a military vehicle stand at the lookout next to the pillbox.
09:30 Shavei Shomron checkpoint
The gate is open, no soldiers
09:40 'Anabta checkpoint – open, not manned.
09:50 – the checkpoint between Shufa and Izba Shufa is open
'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 'Atma
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'Azzun 'Atma
A Palestinian village of about 1,800 residents. The settlement of Sha'arei Tikva was established on its land adjacent to it, and the settlement of Oranit was established on its agricultural lands. By 2013, the separation fence had passed through the village and a checkpoint staffed by the army allowed the residents to cross from side to side. After building a massive wall surrounding the village and some of its agricultural lands, the residents went daily for five years to their lands that remained in the Seam Zone through the Oranit agricultural checkpoint (4). Since 2018 it has only opened during the olive harvest and the farmers have to pass daily at the Beit Amin / Abu Salman checkpoint (1447), about 3 kilometers north.From a report from March 24, 2021: "The farmers from Beit Amin and Azon Atma are happy that since February 21 the Oranit checkpoint .is going to be open 3 times a day, The farmers are really developing the place."
Report from July 14, 2024: "Ornit checkpoint is closed . The Beit Amin/Abu Salman agricultural checkpoint is closed (there is no contact with the military to check if it opens rarely), the Ezbat Jaloud checkpoint was opened once a day before the war.
Updated for July 2024
Apr-11-2019Azoun: The main entrance to village blocked now for several weeks
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Eliyahu CP (109) / Crossing
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Eliyahu CP (109) / Crossing This checkpoint, also known as the Fruit Crossing, is one of the main checkpoints between Israel and the West Bank. It is located on Route 55 between Alfei Menashe and the turn to Qalqilya and Zufin, more than 4 km east of the Green Line, in the separation fence, which separates Qalqilya from its lands to the south, thus leaving Alfei Menashe West of the fence - the Seam Zone. This checkpoint, a few kilometers across the Green Line, is intended for "Israeli settlement in the West Bank and the population of the Seam Zone." It is managed by a civil company. Palestinians with a special permit for their lands in the seam area are also allowed to pass through it, on foot, and sometimes by car.
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Falamiya
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Habla CP (1393)
The Habla checkpoint (1393) was established on the lands of the residents of Qalqilya, on the short road that
connected it for centuries to the nearby town of Habla. The separation barrier intersects this road twice and cut off the residents of Qalqilya from their lands in the seam zone.(between the fence and the green line).
There is a passage under Road 55 that connects Qalqilya to the sabotage This agricultural barrier is used by the farmers and nursery owners established along Road 55 from the Green Line and on both sides of the kurkar road leading to the checkpoint.
This agricultural checkpoint serves the residents of Arab a-Ramadin al-Janoubi (detached from the West Bank), who pass through it to the West Bank and back to their homes. The opening hours (3 times a day) of this agricultural checkpoint are longer than usual, about an hour (recently shortened to 45 minutes), and are coordinated with the transportation hours of a-Ramadin children studying in the occupied in the West Bank.
Nina SebaAug-18-2025Habla: The gate is in the process of closing
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Jit Junction
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The checkpoint is located on Route 60 near at the junction with Route 55, near the village of Jit. There was a checkpoint for vehicles passing between the north and south of the West Bank, which was abolished towards 2010. Since then, surprise checkpoints have been set up there from time to time with a police or Border Police vehicle, and vehicles and their passengers are inspected.
Anat PolakJul-17-2025Yitzhar Road, Jit Junction: traffic jam
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Shave Shomron Checkpoint
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The checkpoint is on Route 60 (the main road to the northern West Bank), opposite settlement. Has been blocked to Palestinians since disengagement from Gaza and northern Samaria.
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