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‘Anabta, ‘Azzun ‘Atma, Eliyahu Crossing, Habla, Shave Shomron, Mon 19.11.12, Morning

Observers: Shoshana Z., Dina A., Nina S. (reporting), Translator: Judith Green
Nov-19-2012
| Morning

 

 

The usual situation, very quiet and relaxed, in spite of everything that is happening in Gaza.  During our conversations with the local people, everyone says that it is all because of the governments and that the people only want quiet;  to live and to work.

 

06:20  'Azzun 'Atma

A lot of workers outside;  a few – maybe 30 – waiting to cross through.  The passage is swift and everything is quiet and relaxed.  There is still no protection from the rain!  Will someone ever do something about it?  The Palestinians say that they are all going out to work, no change.

 

07:05  Habla
First group goes through, the gate has just opened.  Normal passage, about 5 people pass through in 4-5 minutes.  There are about 50 people in line, so they will be waiting in line for about an hour.

 

07:10

A bus full of children comes.  They let the driver wait a minute until they bring him to have his documents checked.  They also check the bus – what could they want to smuggle into Habla, and who cares?  but they check.  At 07:25 the bus of boys arrives.  This time the driver goes directly into the inspection, but they also check this bus.

 

07:40

There are still a lot of people waiting.  Wagons with horses and donkeys and cars are also waiting to cross.

 

08:05  Eliyahu Gate

As usual, there are 4 cars being inspected and about 20 pedestrians waiting to be checked.

 

We went through Azbet Tabib to see what was happening there.  Everything was quiet, the school was open and the protest tents were closed.  On the way to the main road by way of 'Azzun, there was business activity, people out in the street and everything was relaxed.

 

08:30  Shavei Shomron

The gate was open; no soldiers.

 

09:20  'Anabta checkpoint

Open, no soldiers to be seen in the area.
 

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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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  • '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

       

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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.  
  • Habla

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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.

       

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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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