‘Anabta, Azzun, Qalqiliya, Wed 2.4.08, Morning
A refreshment course for checkpoint sergeants causes a "stoppage of life" of half an hour.
Qalqiliya
06:55 – Vehicles are not delayed and there are no lines.
Azzun
The western entrance (the entrance to Izbet Tabib) is open. We also haven't seen any blockade on the road parallel to highway 55 which leads to Azzun. The main entrance to the village is still blocked by a long and high earth rampart and barbed wire. People succeed in passing these barriers on foot (at least the young ones do). We see a few men waiting for taxis on road 55. There are no military vehicles.
The village of Laqif
The entrance to the village is open.
Anabta (Einav) (on the way back from Beit Iba)
09:40 – 10:05 – When we arrive, the checkpoint seems to be bustling with activity. On the left side, among the olive trees, there is a picnic table with some refreshments and a presentation board.
Little by little more military vehicles arrive with officers of different ranks. It seems that the checkpoint soldiers behave differently. Every passing taxi is sent to stand aside and at least one document is sent to be checked on the computer. At approximately 10:00 battalion commander Nir arrives, introduces himself and tells us that he is holding a refreshment course for sergeants concerning standing at checkpoints. He says that the checkpoint will close down for half an hour ("stoppage of life"). We try to make him aware that the result will be terrible lines and a big mess. Unfortunately, for different reasons we are obliged to leave and won't be able to see what happens. This is also why we don't enter Jubara and Ar-Ras checkpoint. From road 57, we can see from afar one vehicle waiting at the checkpoint.
'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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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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