‘Anabta, Beit Iba, Jubara (Kafriat), Sun 20.7.08, Morning
Chana S. translating
7.45 Beit Iba. On arrival we were approached by a worker, a passenger in a taxi parked next to us, and complained that had been on the road to work for 4 hours. Because of army activity in Nablus there had been delays and, according to him, ‘you should come and photograph what happens at these hours every day.” He said that the checking is pedantic and slow, especially on Sundays, because workers who stay in Israel throughout the week pass with luggage. Many workers forgo carrying food packages and prefer to buy food at their workplace so as to avoid delay. He complained about the high cost of the various taxis he has to take on the broken up route. Often the employer despairs of waiting for him. He spoke fluent Hebrew and told us that a student who argued with a women soldier
was detained in the hut. We promised to try to clarify the matter with the commander. Some of the men that we met on our way to the checkpoint were fastening their belts (afterwards we saw some of them were alo having their shoes checked). One man said the waiting time at the exit from Nablus was 10 minutes and later we counted about 12 men waiting at the carousel. When we reached the checkpoint there were only 7 young men in line. When we asked if the schoolyear had finished they answered that classes in A-ya’ga (?) were continuing until the beginning of August and would restart on 20th August.
A military policeman and policewoman checked i.d.s of young persons and passage was quick. As soon as we arrived two out of three detainees in the hut were released. We asked the woman soldier if she would explain why the remaining young man was held and her answer was ‘and if I don’t feel like telling you?..” An additional military policewoman also refused to speak to us. We did not argue and waited until the arrival of the commander who said that the young man had blocked the way for women and refused the request of the soldier to clear the way and therefore was punished. He had been in the hut from 7 a.m. and was released only at 8.40. We complained to the commander about the rude behaviour of the woman soldier and he promised to deal with the matter.
8.10 About 30 young men in line at the entry to Nablus.
8.15 We left. At Anabta and Jubara traffic flowed.
'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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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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