‘Anabta, Azzun, Jubara (Kafriat), Qalqiliya, Wed 5.3.08, Morning
Summary:
The problem of the key to the Jubara gate has not been resolved. We could not enter the village and did not reach the Ar-ras checkpoint, and the checkpoint at the entrance to the village gate 753.
At the Anabta checkpoint it seemed that the soldiers slowed the inspections especially for us, and created queues.
The main entrance to Azzun is still blocked.
There was no blockage at the entrance to the village Lakiff.
Jubara- 7.00 am
The entrance gate to the village is locked. The checkpoint commander says that the company commander wants us to get his authorisation each time we want to go through. Apart from that the key has been taken by the patrol people who will be back in an hour. We reported to Elisheva. We could not wait, and thus we were prevented from reaching gate 753 (the children's gate), and Ar-ras checkpoint ( Farm 8), where last week there had been a terrible jam. Is the regional commander trying to stop us from entering Jubara and its nearby checkpoints?
Anabta (Einav) 7:20-7:40
When we got there, there were no queues on both sides. Only two soldiers were at the checkposts and inspected the traffic on both sides. Where were the rest of the soldiers?
We noticed that after we got there, long queues started to form, and the inspections slowed down., especially by the soldier who inspected vehicles entering Tulkarm, which normally are not inspected. So we said goodbye and observed from a distance , and indeed – the rhythm of entry and exit of all vehicles increased significantly.
Lakiff Village – the entrance to the village is open.
Azzun –
The main entrance to the village from Route 55 has been completely blocked, for over a month, by a large earth mound and a barbed wire. When we passed there the usual military vehicle was not standing there. The western entrance (the entrance to Izvit Tabib) is open. We saw that the road blocks have been removed on the internal road, parallel to Route 55, but we saw no Palestinian vehicle using it (perhaps just by chance). A military jeep stands in the middle of this road.
In a conversation held with Major- General Mishlav, the territories' action co-ordinator, at Beit Iba checkpoint, we raised the issue of the threat to demolish the children's playground in Azzun. The head of the Civilian Administration, (who accompanied him), said that it was "only" a demolition notice, and that there was no intention of actually doing it in the near future. (Is their purpose to use this as a threat against the inhabitants of Azzun, especially the children)?
Qalqiliya – 11:10 – 11:15
The parking lot next to the checkpoint is full of Israeli vehicles, and this shows that that there are Israelis entering the town, in spite of the fact that their vehicles cannot pass through ( into Tulkarm for example). Is this a form of collective punishment to the population of Qalqiliya? surely it hurts their economy badly.
There are no queues on both sides. Swift inspections. Mainly vehicles with Israeli number plates are inspected, to see if they have permits to enter the town.
'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.
Nina SebaAug-18-2025Azzun: Enclosed by a high fence and the gate to the village is closed
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