‘Anabta, ‘Azzun ‘Atma, Qalqiliya, Mon 21.7.08, Morning
6:40 Qalqiliya
No lines.
Azzun no checkpoint,. Qalqiliya No lines.
7:10 Azzun Atma
About 20 workers waiting outside the turnstile and a few cars waiting to enter the village. We stood outside the checkpoint when one of the soldiers called us. We went to him and he introduced himself as B the notorious. It seems that it makes him happy to be mentioned in our reports.
He asked us to stand outside the checkpoint or he would close it and so he did. It is to be noted that he is not the commander of the checkpoint though he acts as if he is. We went beyond the yellow gate but not behind the cement blocks which are two metres back and he still refused to stop the "stoppage of life." The DCO asked us to move back so that he would go on checking. We phoned the center and D. and again the centre. 10 minutes later we moved completely away from the checkpoint but still he did not open it. Only half an hour later did he do so.
We went to the other side of the checkpoint beyond the cement blocks where the detainees were (but not beyond the blocks which sign to the drivers where to wit. These are really far away and one can not see anything and definitely not hear anything. And again there was a stoppage of life (this time brought about directly by the commander who tried to persuade us to move away and even allowed me to speak to the company commander, Sh. who did not try to understand but told us not to bother the soldiers (as if we could when we were beyond the gate!).
So we moved off until the checkpoint would calm down.
8:15 The checkpoint was empty and we went past the gate and wonder of wonders there was no more stoppage of life but also few cars. Also when it is quite and maybe especially then people are asked to go to the area of the x-ray device and this included a woman with two children and also an older woman with a basket on her head. We waited an hour for the regimental commander as D. and T. had recommended but he did not come and we left. We understood of course that we would be accused of vulgar behaviour and bothering the soldiers.
10:45 Anabta
No lines and no checking just the usual wave through.
'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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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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