‘Anabta, Deir Sharaf, Irtah (Sha’ar Efrayim), Tue 24.11.09, Afternoon
15:00 – 15:20 – Both at the Barrels and Anabta checkpoints the cars pass without inspection.
Irtah
When we arrive at 15:30, two posts are open and the traffic of entering cars flows. However, at 15:45, shortly before pressure time, one post closes and a line starts building-up getting longer and longer, because many people arrive at this hour. We turn to the guard at the gate and he explains that right now many people are passing on their way to enter Israel and the man operating the post is busy with them. He promises that as soon as they have passed, he will be back and the work at the post will resume.
When we get back to the gate, we don't see any people leaving for Israel and some 15 minutes later four people leave. At 16:20 the line is so long it has reached the parking lot. We call the Humanitarian Center and they promise to take care of it. A few minutes later another post opens, which is not enough and the jam is terrific. We get back to the entrance, where a vehicle carrying workers has just arrived. We require that additional posts be opened because the jam is huge. They promise to do it and at 16:30 another post opens and the traffic starts flowing.
A lot of people complain about the long lines in the morning. There were people who couldn't make it to get to work this morning and had to go back home. People also complain about the rudeness and the degrading attitude of the workers at the passage.
'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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Irtah (Sha'ar Efrayim)
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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.
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