‘Anabta, ‘Azzun, Eliyahu Crossing, Habla, Jubara (Kafriat), Te’enim Crossing, Mon 24.5.10, Morning
Translator: Charles K.
06:45 Habla
The gate opened on time, and when we arrived the first five Palestinians had already entered the inspection building. It takes about 5 minutes to inspect five people. A group of women comes past and one remains standing for a long time outside the building and we can hear the female MP yelling inside. Only when we inquire about the reason she’s standing there so long, the checkpoint commander comes over to find out, returns her ID that remained inside and sends her on her way. It turned out that she’s mute and the soldier didn’t try to understand what the problem was but just yelled…
07:15 The school bus arrives, the commander submits the driver’s ID for inspection, the driver waits next to the guard tower and we chat with the children. When the driver gets his ID back the bus moves forward slightly and the soldier who gets on removes two boys and two girls for inspection even though we’d been told that children would no longer be taken off the bus.
07:40 The bus drives off. It turns out that they haven’t changed the time the checkpoint closes, so sometimes the driver has to call the DCO to send a soldier with a key to open the gates…Again they promised us that it’s being taken care of and will soon be ok. We strongly recommend that the afternoon shift goes by the checkpoint to follow up.
07:45 Eliyahu crossing (109). A few Palestinians are still going through.
We drove to Azzun via Izbat Tabib. The yellow gate is open, as is the exit from Azzun to Route 55. A Hummer with soldiers is parked opposite the exit.
08:05 Shvut Ami has been abandoned, but the path to the hill opposite (before Kedumim) is open and appears that it’s being used, unlike two weeks ago when it was blocked by boulders. When people go past, they should check.
A Hummer with soldiers at the entrance to Kedumim, and soldiers guarding the hitchhiking station.
Jit junction is open, and in view of the announcement that additional checkpoints and roadblocks are being abolished, we checked the roadblock on the way to Sara that’s been there for a long time, and wonder of wonders…it’s still there!
08:20 The paving of Route 60 alongside the wall at Shavei Shomron has proceeded with the help of a donation from the United States, and work has already reached the Deir Sharaf junction. The owner of the bakery/grocery/café where we stop to buy coffee and cake and to be updated on what’s new greatly hopes that when the road opens they’ll also abolish the roadblock on the way to Sebastya, that’s located opposite the entrance of the army camp adjoining the settlement of Shavei Shomron, which will make the lives of the residents much easier. At present, someone who lives in Sebastya who wants to get to Deir Sharaf has to go through Nablus…Check when we’re looking into the “removal of obstacles…”
09:15 Anabta is open, but big brother watches us from the pillbox.
09:30 Te’anim crossing. We ask them to open the gate to Hirbet Jabara. The checkpoint commander knows we’re allowed to go there but he has to receive authorization. It doesn’t arrive, nor do three phone calls to Tedesa, who promises to help, do any good. Finally, the checkpoint commander comes over and says that, in the end, the authorization will probably arrive, for the moment there’s some problem at the checkpoint, and maybe the authorization will be granted in the next half hour. Since we’d already waited half an hour, we decided to continue. Fifteen minutes later Tedesa called to see whether we’d gone through. He hadn’t heard of any problem at Jabara.
'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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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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