‘Anabta, Beit Iba, Jit, Jubara (Kafriat), Tue 20.11.07, Afternoon
13:45 Jubara checkpoint
Strong rain. The gate is closed with plastic chains. True, we had received permission to enter but we could not cut the chains. It was locked from inside.
14:00 Anabta
No line at the entrance, about 10 vehicles at the exit. Quick inspections done by reserve soldiers.
14:30 Beit Iba
The rain continued. A group of taxi drivers complain about the closure of the passage at J'it since this morning. The explanation given us for this at the Hotline was the funeral of a settler who was murdered yesterday near Kedumim. They promise that it will be opened when the funeral is over. We promise that we will check in an hour.
At the passage people are "walking on water." In the paved path to the passage rainwater is flooding down and the people are walking in streams of water. There is construction work going on to pour a floor for the front of the new checkpoint and a huge crane is busy with moving the cement inspection booths 20 meters forward. As of today, there is only a manual checking of ID documents; one line. About 10 vehicles are waiting at the exit. It takes about 10 minutes for a vehicle to go through. At the entrance, a truck carrying a truck which had an accident is detained. The truck has a permit to enter, but the damaged truck being towed does not have a permit, a complicated legal situation which is solved in a quarter of an hour.
15:00
A small amount of pressure on the turnstiles, another inspection line is opened. Those being checked are coming from two directions in the stream of water and walking carefully. There is a representative from the DCO there, who came at our request. On the way to the car we meet up with the people from J'it who are still waiting.
15:45 J'it
The turnoff to J'it and Fundak are forbidden entry. A few taxis are still hanging around. They are still saying that the funeral isn't over.
16:00
There is a temporary checkpoint before Fundak. The village is totally closed, only two young settler women are wandering around there in order to show they are in control.
'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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Beit Iba
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A perimeter checkpoint west of the city of Nablus. Operated from 2001 to 2009 as one of the four permanent checkpoints closing on Nablus: Beit Furik and Awarta to the east and Hawara to the south. A pedestrian-only checkpoint, where MachsomWatch volunteers were present daily for several hours in the morning and afternoon to document the thousands of Palestinians waiting for hours in long queues with no shelter in the heat or rain, to leave the district city for anywhere else in the West Bank. From March 2009, as part of the easing of the Palestinian movement in the West Bank, it was abolished, without a trace, and without any adverse change in the security situation.
Jun-4-2014Beit-Iba checkpoint 22.04.04
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Jit Junction
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The checkpoint is located on Route 60 near at the junction with Route 55, near the village of Jit. There was a checkpoint for vehicles passing between the north and south of the West Bank, which was abolished towards 2010. Since then, surprise checkpoints have been set up there from time to time with a police or Border Police vehicle, and vehicles and their passengers are inspected.
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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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