‘Anabta, ‘Azzun, Eyal, Jubara (Kafriat), Qalqiliya, Wed 6.5.09, Afternoon
15:20 Qalqiliya
Just a few cars are driving through
without being checked. In the parking lot there are many cars waiting
but no passengers.
15:40 Azzun
The entrance is open. On both
sides along the road the concertina barbed wire is shining in the sun…
16:00 Anabta
The checkpoint is being constructed.
There are lines in both directions, but the traffic is flowing.
16:40 Jubara
We ask the soldiers to open the
gate for us. They know us and answer that they will open in a moment.
But in the meantime a soldier (apparently Russian) bends forward and
quite amazed he asks me “Are you Jewish?” (That is, if you are
Jewish, how come…?) I smile at him. How can I explain? The gate is
opened to let us through.
Gate 735
It is empty. One worker is walking
up to the tent where the checks are being performed. He shows his ID
card. On the opposite side of the checkpoint a car is waiting for the
worker to be let through. One at the time. They finish checking the
worker and call the car. They check the car and call the next worker,
who has arrived together with 3 more persons. Another car arrives and
the same procedure is repeated. Tammi walks up to the tent and finds
a sign of “Women in blue and White”. It says, “Thanks to Machsomwatch
for helping us in our struggle against terror”. Tammi explains to
the soldiers that they are not allowed to put up political slogans on
army facilities. She takes the sign away and nobody interferes.
17:10 The Checkpoint
at Eyal
The workers, who are returning
from work in Israel, enter the checkpoint immediately. We ask one worker
to phone us as soon as he gets through. It takes him five minutes. We
are told that there was a huge line of returning workers yesterday,
but today it is not crowded at all. In the parking lot cars of the employers
are waiting in order to be the first ones to drive the workers tomorrow
morning.
'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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Eyal Checkpoint / Crossing
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Eyal Checkpoint is intended for pedestrians and Palestinians only. This is the main barrier for workers to cross from the center of the West Bank. Workers with a work permit to enter Israel can pass through it for trade, medicine, and visiting prisoners. The checkpoint was built on the Green Line north of Qalqilya in the separation barrier that surrounds the city. The checkpoint began operating in 2004 by the military. Opening hours on weekdays from 04:00 to 19:00. We started holding shifts there in 2007. We arrived at the checkpoint before it opened at 4 in the morning. We reported on the difficult conditions and the long and cramped queues of workers who must continue their journey by commuting to work throughout Israel. At the end of June 2009, the checkpoint was operated by a civil security company, The transit time has been gradually shortened, today it is faster, but the Palestinians still have to arrive very early to make it to the transportation. Usually, about 15,000 people pass through.
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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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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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