‘Anabta, ‘Azzun, Eliyahu Crossing, Habla, Irtah (Sha’ar Efrayim), Te’enim Crossing, Sun 29.5.11, Morning
07:10 Habla Agricultural Gate
Gate is open. Steady stream of Palestinians on foot, bike, tractor, donkey and carriages. Two hummers are on site. A bit of chaos on the Palestinian side as frustration mounts at the slow pace of processing the passage.
We spoke to a Palestinian who 
came to the gate to pick up a worker. He explained that he leaves his house at 5 AM and by the time he crosses (gate 109) and comes to fetch his workers from Habla it is after 8 AM when he finally gets to work. A three hour process every day. We felt hostility and despair form the Palestinians who passed through, some even asked us why we were there when day after day nothing 
in their routine changes. We waited till 8AM when the man’s worker finally got through the gate.
08:05 Eliyahu Crossing
The crossing is clear; there are no hold ups and no lines.
08:10 Izbat Tabib
We drive on a side road (parallel to Road 55) to see if there are any checkpoints at Izbat Tabib. The gate is open. We meet and pick up a Palestinian woman who asks for a lift to Azzun. We regret that we are unable to chat with her as she doesn’t speak any Hebrew or English and we don’t speak Arabic.
08:15 Azzun
We drive through and the yellow gate is open and unmanned.
08:30 Falamya Agricultural Gate 927
The gate is open, quiet, only one tractor passes while we are there. There is moderate traffic on the road to Tulkarm.
09:10 Anabta
The gate is unmanned and there is a free flow of traffic in both directions
09:25 Te’enim Crossing
We are waved through without being stopped.
09:30 Irtah (Sha’ar Efraim)
We walk to the back turnstiles to find a group of 50-60 people who tell us that they have been waiting for an hour in the hot sun without anyone going through. We try to find out what the hold up is at the main entrance gate and speak to a couple of people who tell us that the computers are down. We call the Humanitarian Line in Jerusalem and are told that they will check it out. We head back to the turnstiles and indeed the turnstiles are opened and several people are let through and then nothing again. We call the Humanitarian number again and shortly thereafter the gates begin to open every couple of minutes with 6-8 people allowed through each time. We hoped that it was because the computer problems had been resolved.
'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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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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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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