‘Anabta, Beit Iba, Qalqiliya, Tue 28.4.09, Afternoon
Figs Passage and Schoolchildren's
checkpoint
15:40 – After checking our identity,
the soldiers open the gate for us. At the Schoolchildren's checkpoint
the traffic is extremely thin. A poor Palestinian on his way back home
has been targeted by the four soldiers at the checkpoint. His passage
permit has expired. He says that many times he leaves for an eye check
with this permit. After a telephone enquiry, a check of his bag and
innumerable questions, he is told to go stand aside while they discuss
his case. It turns out they have received an instruction over the phone
to let him pass, so the man is released and told he has to renew his
permit.
Anabta checkpoint
16:15 – When we get here, there are
20 cars in line. As we come close to the point of inspection, we see
that every car is stopped and checked with great care. All the bags
in the trunks of the minibuses are checked and very soon there is a
long line of tens of cars. We turn to the soldiers and suggest that
they open another lane, but they remain silent, simply dumb. We call
the Humanitarian Center, where they promise to take care of it. As we
leave and are no longer in sight, we see that the line has started to
move and the cars, including the minibuses, pass without inspection.
The soldiers probably punish the Palestinians for the fact that MachsomWatch
women come to watch them.
Beit Iba, the Barrels checkpoint
16:50 – There isn't much traffic and
the cars pass quickly.
Qalqiliya
17:25 – Cars pass without inspection.
'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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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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