‘Anabta, ‘Azzun, ‘Azzun ‘Atma, Eliyahu Crossing, Falamiya, Habla, Jit Junction , Te’enim Crossing, Mon 15.7.13, Morning
The laundry opposite the 'Azzun 'Atma checkpoint is open since early this morning. We’re told that as soon as the fence is moved the laundry won’t have enough work and will have to close, so every silver lining has a cloud. The main entrance to 'Azzun is still locked.
06:15 A military jeep parks by the side of the road to Elkana, a few soldiers stand next to it. One of them gives a sermon to a Palestinian Israeli that he’s not allowed to transport Palestinian laborers in his vehicle. The Israeli argues a little, says he only takes people who have permits but the sergeant yells at him, says he’ll arrest him, that he doesn’t do so only because he’s elderly, that he’s not allowed to transport Palestinians. The jeep drove off by the time we got out of the car. We were amazed; what business has the army with an Israeli who’s transporting people. Who does he think he is. The lord !.
Many people who’ve already gone through wait at the checkpoint for rides. Very few are on line; it’s not clear whether fewer went to work. Later, when we visited our friend in Kafr Jimal, he said he doesn’t work in Israel during Ramadan, it’s too difficult. So that must be true of other workers as well.
The laundry next to the checkpoint is already open (it usually opens later). People there tell us that as soon as the new fence is operating they’ll have no work because they serve Israelis who won’t be able to reach them. It’s sad that an improvement for some people harms others.
06:50 Habla. The checkpoint is open. There’s a line on the other side, but crossing goes pretty smoothly. When five people enter for inspection, five others are allowed to approach the revolving gate and others stand farther back, behind the gate in the fence. When the first five exit inspection those at the revolving gate enter and a new group is permitted to move forward (Shoshana took photographs so someone who doesn’t understand can see how it works).
07:00 Eliyahu checkpoint. Few people are on the pedestrian line. Two donkey carts with riders crossed for inspection in the vehicle area. We couldn’t see whether dogs were employed in inspection, or only people.
Today we discovered that the checkpoint managers love art – a rain basin in the grandiose garden erected at the checkpoint has been painted blue (like water), and within are three statues – two ducks and a beetle (see photo). On the artificial grass across the way stands a metal sculpture of a bee and another kind of some insect, in all their glory. It’s a good thing there’s something to spend taxpayers’ money on, since the state has such a large surplus.
07:20 'Azzun. The main entrance is blocked (we entered from Izbet Tabib) by the yellow iron gate which is neither barred nor locked; we could open it, but a military jeep stood off to the side, apparently to ensure no one dare do so (see photo).
08:00 Falamya. The place is quiet, pastoral, and a tractor is working on the infrastructure for the new fence. A mule cart driven by a man from Jayyus arrives; he had to travel all the way here because the Jayyus gate opens only early in the morning. After he crosses he’ll have to ride all the back along the fence to Jayyus, to his fields and groves.
09:00 Jit junction is open; so is 'Anabta. We drove up to the crossing between upper Shufa and Izbet Shufa; the road there is also open but concrete blocks are in place, ready to close it at any moment.
Te’anim checkpoint. There’s an additional gate next to the checkpoint leading to the road to Tulkarm. It’s open; cars go through. We knew it opens at certain times for Israeli Arabs returning from Tulkarm. Now, during Ramadan, it’s open from 10 AM to midnight – “easing.”
'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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'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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Te'enim Crossing
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Te'enim Crossing The Figs checkpoint, located on Road 557, east of the Green Line and the Ephraim Checkpoint (Road 444), is a vehicle crossing, open 24/7 all year round. It serves the Israeli population, including those authorized to enter the Palestinian Authority. The passage of foreigners holding international passports recognized by the State of Israel is approved. In exceptional cases will the passage of a Palestinian be allowed here.
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