‘Anabta, Beit Iba, Jubara (Kafriat), Thu 5.3.09, Morning
07:30 Jubara Checkpoint
We were happy to see that Ar-Ras Checkpoint has been removed and life goes on.
The soldiers at Jubara check the people who come to Jubara and allow residents of the village and people with permits to enter.
Travelling on to Anabta, we see that the entrance to Safarin is open. There are no obstacles on the rough track that enters the village, and we drive along it and then see a small village with large houses and many in the process of being built. The few residents around are happy to see us.
An abundance of spring flowers in many colours. At a distance from Safarin, is the village of Beit Lid on the road that is being widened with Euro-American funds.
08:45 Anabta
Bulldozers and military earthmovers give evidence of the beginning of earthworks in the area of the checkpoint. The soldiers refuse to answer our questions. The commander asks us to stand outside the checkpoint.
The pace of vehicle transit varies. Each time they open in only one direction. A woman, on foot, with a child, is trying to pass and the officer says that there is no passage for pedestrians.
'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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