‘Anabta, Deir Sharaf, Eliyahu Crossing, Habla, Wed 27.10.10, Morning
Translation: Hanna K.
Habla 06:45 –
The gate is supposed to open at 06:30 but is still closed. A bus with children arrives and waits to enter. The soldiers (only three) explain, as usual, that there are problems with the computers.
06:50 – The first five people enter for checking. Beyond the gate about 50 people are waiting…
06:55 – The driver of the children's bus returns from being checked and the bus enters without being checked by the soldiers.
Shouts and quarrels begin among those who wait beyond the gate, although the groups of five pass at the usual tempo… We know the quarrels from our previous visits. For some reason there is no person of authority around to put matters in order. The Palestinians press on the gate and the soldiers stand on the other side and shout to them to move away to reduce the pressure.
07:00 – A second bus with children enters. Although the students are a bit older, the bus is not checked. Is there a shortage of manpower at the IDF?
07:10 – The spirits among the Palestinians have calmed down. Now there are only 30 people waiting.
The Eliyahu Crossing (Gate 109)
07:20 – The workers' enclosure is empty at this hour.
Falamiya
07:45 – conversation consisting of memories with an agriculturer from Kafr Gamal who rides on his bicyles to collect olives from his trees which are on a higher lever. He is also a paver by profession, provides for 7 sons and daughters and speaks very good Hebrew. He is proud of his two sons who study at the Nablus university. Until 17 years ago he worked in Israel as a young man at a company which lets chairs on the Netanya beach and he longs for his Israeli friends and the sea.
Dir Sharaf
08:25 – We set out in the direction of Kafr Sur, and at the first intersection at the entrance to the village we turn eastwards on a road which is not marked on the map. When we arrive at a branching we turn to the left and go up to Safrin and from there on a steep descent until we reach road 557 and Nablus.
At the intersection with road 60 there is a military hummer with soldiers. They don't delay the traffic. We go on the road to Shave Shomron and Jenin to see whether everthing flows, and entered Dier Sharef. We wanted ti talk with Jamal from the grocery but he wasn't there.
Anabta
10:00 – The CP exists in all its splendor and accessories. We didn't see any soldier.
10:15 (We leave at Irtah(Sha'ar Efraim/
'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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Deir Sharaf checkpoint
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Deir Sharaf checkpoint is located west of Nablus and south of the settlement of Shavei Shomron, at the entrance to the village of Deir Sharaf on the road leading to Nablus. The checkpoint was activated in early March 2009 after the Beit Iba checkpoint was closed. Palestinians are allowed through the checkpoint , but not for Israelis. Unlike the checkpoints leading to Qalqilya and Tulkarm, crossing of Israeli Palestinians is only allowed on Saturdays.
Nina SebaFeb-28-2024Deir Sharaf - the entrance to the village
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Eliyahu CP (109) / Crossing
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Eliyahu CP (109) / Crossing This checkpoint, also known as the Fruit Crossing, is one of the main checkpoints between Israel and the West Bank. It is located on Route 55 between Alfei Menashe and the turn to Qalqilya and Zufin, more than 4 km east of the Green Line, in the separation fence, which separates Qalqilya from its lands to the south, thus leaving Alfei Menashe West of the fence - the Seam Zone. This checkpoint, a few kilometers across the Green Line, is intended for "Israeli settlement in the West Bank and the population of the Seam Zone." It is managed by a civil company. Palestinians with a special permit for their lands in the seam area are also allowed to pass through it, on foot, and sometimes by car.
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Habla
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Habla CP (1393)
The Habla checkpoint (1393) was established on the lands of the residents of Qalqilya, on the short road that
connected it for centuries to the nearby town of Habla. The separation barrier intersects this road twice and cut off the residents of Qalqilya from their lands in the seam zone.(between the fence and the green line).
There is a passage under Road 55 that connects Qalqilya to the sabotage This agricultural barrier is used by the farmers and nursery owners established along Road 55 from the Green Line and on both sides of the kurkar road leading to the checkpoint.
This agricultural checkpoint serves the residents of Arab a-Ramadin al-Janoubi (detached from the West Bank), who pass through it to the West Bank and back to their homes. The opening hours (3 times a day) of this agricultural checkpoint are longer than usual, about an hour (recently shortened to 45 minutes), and are coordinated with the transportation hours of a-Ramadin children studying in the occupied in the West Bank.
Nina SebaAug-18-2025Habla: The gate is in the process of closing
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