‘Anabta, Beit Iba, Jit, Thu 11.10.07, Morning
The roads and the checkpoint were empty. Very little traffic anywhere.
8:00 – At the entrance to the territories at the Perot Junction, there was a police vehicle stopped to inspect a car with merchandise on it. The rest of the cars were allowed to pass without inspection.
8:15 – the checkpoint at J'it Junction was not manned.
Beit Iba – the checkpoint was empty and quiet (and full of dust as usual). Almost no one leaving Nablus. Every few minutes one or two people would arrive and go through immediately. At the entrance to Nablus there was a little more action, but also very few people; they went through quickly with no delays. The IDs of the men were checked, and the women only randomly, not clear according to what criteria. It seemed as though they inspected a woman by herself and not when she was in a group. If that is so, is it or is it not essential for the security of Israel? Also the DCO officer, Y., and women from the Ecumenical organization said that it was terribly crowded yesterday at this hour, with hundreds waiting on the border of exploding in frustration. It isn't clear why there was such a difference today. The DCO thinks that after the University yesterday everyone had already gone home.
By the way, one of the representatives of the Ecumenical organization is a black woman from South Africa. She says that the situation reminds her of her own situation, 11 years ago. The constant need to identify yourself with IDs, in every place, and the restriction of certain areas into which blacks were not allowed to go.
Anabta – 8 vehicles in each direction, but the soldiers pass them through the checkpoint quickly and with little inspection. At a certain point, the line lengthened in the direction of Tulkarm and we saw a lot of vehicles of the UN and those of diplomats from several European countries. We couldn't find out what was going on, but they went through quickly. We tried to find out from a soldier in the inspection booth what his criteria were to detain a vehicle for inspection. The answer was, more or less, that it was according to his "gut feeling", and that is how it looked, although he was pleasant and friendly to everyone.
'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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