‘Anabta, Deir Sharaf, Irtah (Sha’ar Efrayim), יום ב’ 28.12.09, אחה”צ
15:40 – Deir Sharaf (barrels) – Light automobile traffic. Soldiers don’t stop the cars. Is there a connection between the small number of cars and the strike called today in Nablus?
15:45 Entrance to Beit Lid – Next to the entrance to Beit Lid we see soldiers erecting a flying checkpoint. Nadim says that settlers demonstrated there yesterday.
15:50 Anabta – Soldiers stop all cars leaving Tulkarm.
16:00 Irtah – A long line, and only two inspection booths operating. After 10 minutes, and a talk with the person in charge of the installation, an additional booth was opened and the line flowed. Many of the laborers are carrying large bags of oranges and they all manage to get them through the turnstile. For more than half an hour we didn’t see people exiting after they underwent the inspection that was visible to us. We were told that there was another exit, but we didn’t understand where it was located, and whether it was new. After about half an hour people started flowing through the visible entrance where we’re used to seeing them come out.
16:30 Buses arrive and the line lengthens again, and for some reason once again only two inspection booths are operating. We also contacted the humanitarian office and tried to find out why a woman intending to enter Israel has been waiting for two hours and hasn’t yet undergone a security check. Her brother stood next to us, waiting, but we had to leave. We gave him the phone number of the humanitarian office, so he could try to involve them if she had to keep waiting.
'Anabta CP
See all reports for this place-
'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
-
Deir Sharaf checkpoint
See all reports for this place-
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
-
Irtah (Sha'ar Efrayim)
See all reports for this place-
The checkpoint is for Palestinians only. It is the main barrier to the passage of workers from the northern West Bank to Israel. Workers with a permit to work in Israel and also for trade (with appropriate permissions), medicine, and visiting prisoners. One can cross the checkpoint only on foot. The checkpoint is located north of Road 557 and south of Tulkarm. Operated by a civil security company, opening hours: between 4:00 and 19:00 on weekdays. As members of Machsom Watch, we began our shifts to this location in 2007. We arrived before it opened at 4 in the morning and report since, on the harsh conditions and the long and crowded queues of workers. The workers who pass by continue their journey by transportation to work throughout Israel. In the first period of its activity, about 3,000 and then 5,000 people passed through this checkpoint every day. Due to the small number of checking points and arbitrary delays for long periods of time in the "rooms", workers feared losing their transportation. Hence workers leave their homes at 2:30 at night to be among the first. Today, 15,000 pass and the transition is faster. Workers are still leaving their homes very early to get past the checkpoint at 7 p.m. In an adjacent compound, there is a terminal for the transfer of goods on a commercial scale, using the back-to-back method.
-