‘Anabta, ‘Azzun, Deir Sharaf, Eliyahu Crossing, Habla, Irtah (Sha’ar Efrayim), Jit, Jubara (Kafriat), Te’enim Crossing, Mon 13.6.11, Morning
Habla
The first five were already walking to work when we arrived.
07:08 The second five come through. Inspection is rapid. The female MP at the entrance carefully inspects all the bags and sacks, but does so quickly and politely.
The bus with children arrives. In response to our question the driver tells us that summer vacation has begun but there’s a private school in Qalqilya that’s still open, and he’s transporting the children to it. The MP enters the bus, takes the driver’s ID, inspects it quickly and returns gives it without him having to leave the bus.
Our acquaintance, the guard at the plant nurseries, arrives from work, and while waiting for the MP to notice him tells us that they’re again moving the fence near his village, Dab’a, located next to Alfei Menashe. He’s pleased.
We didn’t really understand where the fence is being moved to. Are they making changes to the fence that was moved only a year ago so that the three villages of Ras Tira, Dab’a and Khirbet Rashrash won’t be in “Israeli” territory, and be returned to the territory of the Palestinian Authority? The new fence left many of the residents’ lands beyond the fence, and the land was annexed to Alfei Menashe. Is it possible that this injustice is now being rectified?!?
07:45 The MP at Habla continues inspecting rigorously. A father with two young daughters arrives in a horse cart. The MP takes them out of turn to the inspection booth and then carefully inspects the cart and its contents. At the same time, laborers continue to be quickly inspected, but there are still at least twenty waiting and, as usual, there are arguments over who’s next in line.
We have an interesting conversation with H., who operates the well – he has the same opinions as ours about the fence, the political situation and the political leadership. He hopes that a Palestinian state will be declared in September, because:
“Still waters – don’t do anything, but if they’re set in motion they may overflow, which might be dangerous, but something will happen, there will be movement…”
08:25 We got on the access road to Alfei Menashe and turned onto the road to Ras A-Tira hoping we’d be able to see where the fence is being moved to, but we reached the yellow gate that blocks access and couldn’t see anything from there.
08:30 No laborers waiting at the Eliyahu gate.
08:35 As of now, it doesn’t seem as if the work on the fence at Izbat Tabib has advanced. Are they waiting for a Supreme Court decision?
08:50 Via 'Azzun and Jayyus to the Falamya agricultural gate.
A flock of goats comes through the gate into the village without delays.
All the farmers must have gone through by now, and we didn’t meet anyone.
Back to Route 55. We saw no military activity all the way to Jit junction.
09:20 A flying checkpoint has been set up at Jit junction, toward Tapuach junction, but we didn’t see they’d stopped any vehicles.
We continued toward Deir Sharaf, where we’d made an appointment with a Palestinian who S. is dealing with. We had him sign documents, and talked.
10:30 'Anabta
No activity at the gate.
(Jubara) 10:40 Te’anim gate
Soldiers glance at our banners waving in the wind and say hello.
Bulldozers continue their activity around Abu Hatem’s house.
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'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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Deir Sharaf checkpoint
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Deir Sharaf checkpoint is located west of Nablus and south of the settlement of Shavei Shomron, at the entrance to the village of Deir Sharaf on the road leading to Nablus. The checkpoint was activated in early March 2009 after the Beit Iba checkpoint was closed. Palestinians are allowed through the checkpoint , but not for Israelis. Unlike the checkpoints leading to Qalqilya and Tulkarm, crossing of Israeli Palestinians is only allowed on Saturdays.
Nina SebaFeb-28-2024Deir Sharaf - the entrance to the village
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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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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.
Nina SebaAug-18-2025Habla: The gate is in the process of closing
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Irtah (Sha'ar Efrayim)
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The checkpoint is for Palestinians only. It is the main barrier to the passage of workers from the northern West Bank to Israel. Workers with a permit to work in Israel and also for trade (with appropriate permissions), medicine, and visiting prisoners. One can cross the checkpoint only on foot. The checkpoint is located north of Road 557 and south of Tulkarm. Operated by a civil security company, opening hours: between 4:00 and 19:00 on weekdays. As members of Machsom Watch, we began our shifts to this location in 2007. We arrived before it opened at 4 in the morning and report since, on the harsh conditions and the long and crowded queues of workers. The workers who pass by continue their journey by transportation to work throughout Israel. In the first period of its activity, about 3,000 and then 5,000 people passed through this checkpoint every day. Due to the small number of checking points and arbitrary delays for long periods of time in the "rooms", workers feared losing their transportation. Hence workers leave their homes at 2:30 at night to be among the first. Today, 15,000 pass and the transition is faster. Workers are still leaving their homes very early to get past the checkpoint at 7 p.m. In an adjacent compound, there is a terminal for the transfer of goods on a commercial scale, using the back-to-back method.
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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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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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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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