‘Anabta, Azzun, Jubara (Kafriat), Qalqiliya, Thu 29.11.07, Afternoon
Another day of despair. One of the problems is blockage of free passage.
The road to Azzun through Izbal is still blocked.The main exit from Azzun is blocked. The exit from Jenin to road 55 was blocked 4-5 days ago. Two barriers at Al Funduq – the exit to 55 and the passage to the village of Kadum.
Jit is blocked by two soldiers at the area going up to road 60 and 55 in the direction of Jit. (This means that a car which want to get to Jit has to go to Huwarra and from there through the road to Emanuel and then back to road 55, 40-50 kilometres in all or to go on road 60 and 57. to go up to Beit Lied, down to Zur, to Azzun, to go to the south as far as the village of Kafr Thulth, north to Qalqiliya and only then to go up to 55.
13.45 Al Funduq
There are two barricades. Villagers say that there was a curfew between 11-12 probably because they brought in the suspects in the murder of the settler. The driver and the person who carried out the shooting. A man said that his wife and daughters had been forced to go to live with the grandmother because settlers had come to their house in the evening and frightened them. A member of the village committee showed us how besides the new barricades their water pipes had been destroyed. They are angry at what is being done especially as those guilty have been caught.
On the way we see an entrance to the settlement of Shvut Ami which has already been built and the Shabbat area laid out and it does not seem as if anyone has stopped the building.
15.30 Anabta.
40 cars at the exit from Tulkarm.
16.00 Jubara.
A man comes to us and shows us an order of the court from three years ago saying that he is not to be deported from Israel. He says that he came to give money to his sick father and wanted to go back into Israeli but would not allow him to do so because he did not have a permit. He lives in Israel with his wife and two children who are Israelis. They are waiting for him on the road to Taibe and he does not know how to let them know that he cannot get through. Later we learn that he comes every week to give money to his father and has never had this problem. In four days time there will be a court case so as to enable him to get a blue ID. But now? The DCO and the authorities do not know what to do with the problem. He refuses to go into the occupied territories…..there is a reason for this probably….and so he will have to spend the night at the checkpoint. This is another case where a person falls between two stools and no one cares. As they told us at the checkpoint, "We have other things to deal with." An hour and a half later he still did not know what to do and we advised him to consult a lawyer.
17.40 A long line at the entrance to Qalqiliya. We left.
'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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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.Karin LindnerOct-28-2011Etz Ephraim settlement. Nurit overlooks Siniriya
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