‘Anabta, Eliyahu Crossing, Habla, Irtah (Sha’ar Efrayim), Izbat at Tabib, Jayyus Wed 1.6.11, Afternoon
Translator: Charles K.
12:45 Habla– We arrived early and started talking with two Palestinians who were waiting for the gates to open. They complained about the opening hours. They would like the gate to open earlier in the morning, at 06:00 rather than at 07:00, and also in the afternoon, at 17:00 rather than at 17:45.
Another thing: They say the soldiers speak to them rudely, order them around (“back”), particularly when many people are waiting and crossing takes too long. They say inspections could be conducted more quickly. They have land registered in the tabu on which they grow olive saplings (other crops need more water than they’re allotted). During the summer they’d rather start work earlier and go home earlier.
An army jeep with three soldiers arrives; they wait for the MP’s.
13:00 About ten people gather around us, and a few Palestinians on the village side.
13:10 – The gate is still closed. A pickup and a truck arrive. We talk to the soldiers and understand that the vehicle broke down but was repaired and the MP’s are on the way.
13:25 – The army vehicle arrives. The gate finally opens but the computer isn’t working.
The soldiers decide to prepare a handwritten list. The first five hand over their IDs, a pickup and a truck go through.
We’re told that yesterday the gate opened at 18:30. We ask the soldiers, who say that’s when they were told to open it – today also – unlike what the sign on the gate says.
The soldier says: “There’s a mix-up.”
The first five Palestinians cross from the village.
An amiable Palestinian man gives us a foot-long cucumber…fresh and tasty.
13:40 Eliyahu crossing – 4 cars wait from each direction. Two tractors are working off to our left. What’s being built?
14:00 Izbet Tabib – The concertina wire fence is about 400 meters long. We’re not sure whether it’s been completed.
14:15 Jayyous – We visit Na’im. We’re told the village has been quiet for the past few days. We drive to the second-hand store and give bags of clothes to his wife.
Back to route 55 toward El Funduq, and then north to route 60.
15:165 Anabta – Soldiers in the guard tower, a water wagon alongside. No sign indicating that it’s the entrance to Area A.
15:30 Kafriat/Te’anim crossing – It’s quiet.
15:35 Irtah/Efraim gate – Many people returning home. A mother and son who are going to a wedding say they’ve been waiting since 15:00 at the revolving gate to enter Israel. We ask the guards why they’re not allowed through. We’re told they arrived only five minutes ago, and they’ll be let through soon.
Y. stopped alongside us and asked us to help a relative of his, a 25 year old man who’d been jailed in Israel and since being released has been suffering from chills and fever. Doctors in the West Bank and in Jordan couldn’t help him. He wants an entry permit to Israel, to be examined in a hospital. We told him how to go about obtaining one. We have his information.
'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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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.Ronit Dahan-RamatiApr-25-2025Habla Checkpoint: system of gates
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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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