‘Anabta, Deir Sharaf, Jubara (Kafriat), Shave Shomron, Tue 11.8.09, Afternoon
Summary
The media continue to confuse checkpoints with the Occupation; continue to concentrate on "improvements," including the end to the choking of Palestinian commerce and the fact that Palestinian Israelis are allowed to drive their own cars into the West Bank to shop. What's not emphasized is the local Palestinian population's continuingly cruel existence and the overall preponderance of the culture of security with its absence of mechanisms for monitoring and critiquing the security establishment: other than a few organizations and, of course, MachsomWatch.
14:40 Deir Sharaf
The soldiers on duty are sitting it out, vehicles passing them freely in both directions, including us.
14:45 Shave Shomron
Active duty on behalf of the soldiers who've created a line as they check Palestinian vehicles going towards the Jenin direction. The soldiers are worried as to who we are, and where we're going, and three approach us. Vehicles are not checked in the opposite direction.
16:00 Anabta
No line, lots of waiting taxis as well as figs on the side of the roadway.
Jubara
No figs at the figs gateway, but a group of five soldiers, not sitting, but with little to do surround our car at an unusually empty access point to the OPT. On hearing who we are, one asks, ironically, "So, you don't want checkpoints?" as the "blue" policeman, standing at the checking booth, binoculars in hand, surveying the distance, remarks to him, "If you want to talk to them, talk to them at home."
'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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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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Shave Shomron Checkpoint
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The checkpoint is on Route 60 (the main road to the northern West Bank), opposite settlement. Has been blocked to Palestinians since disengagement from Gaza and northern Samaria.
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