‘Anabta, Eliyahu Crossing, Habla, Irtah (Sha’ar Efrayim), Te’enim Crossing, Tue 26.10.10, Afternoon
Tuesday, October 26, 2010, p.m.
Observers: Karen L., Gila P., Alma V. (new), Shoshi A. (reporting)
Translation: Galia S.
Habla
14:10 – The gate is open. In fact, these days the gate is always open at noon, from 13:00 to 14:15. No one passes. The soldiers are getting ready to close the gate. The Hummer is waiting for them.
We leave.
Eliyahu Gate
14:30 – Thin traffic in both directions.
14:45 – We are at the entrance to Hirbet Isla. Karen has made an appointment to meet with Abu Acram, the head of the village, but since we are early, he doesn't answer the phone. We go to the Agricultural Gate through the dirt road but we find it closed. On the other side of the patrol road five Palestinians are sitting waiting for the gate to open. It usually opens for 15 minutes only.
15:00 – We meet Abu Acram.
Hirbet Isla
Three families, about 1000 residents, live in the village. Up to the age of 9, the children go to school in the village. Later they are taken by taxis to Azzun. The entire village has about 1000-1250 acres of land, part of which is in the village itself and another part – on the other side of the fence.
Abu Acram has seven children, five of whom didn't get permits to pass through the Agricultural Gate to work their lands. The two sons who got permits work in Israel and can help in the olive picking only at weekends.
Ninety percent of the village people who asked for passage permits got affirmative answers, and he has no idea why his sons were refused permits by the Shabak [Israeli General Security Service]. What he says is that if they did something wrong, they have to be prosecuted. Karen asked if they have spoken to the committee dealing with and they say that Tusia Cohen, a lawyer from Qdumim, has done it on their behalf but received no explanation, either.
His son, Muhammad, used to work in a ladder factory in Alfei Menashe, but three years ago his permit was taken by soldiers at the checkpoint and since then he hasn't been working.
Abu Acram asks us to help him get the permit. All the details he gives us will be passed to Tami C. and (or) Sylvia P.
According to him, a new settlement called Giv'at Tal is being set up near Alfei Menashe on lands stolen from the people of the village.
'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.
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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.
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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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Te'enim Crossing
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Te'enim Crossing The Figs checkpoint, located on Road 557, east of the Green Line and the Ephraim Checkpoint (Road 444), is a vehicle crossing, open 24/7 all year round. It serves the Israeli population, including those authorized to enter the Palestinian Authority. The passage of foreigners holding international passports recognized by the State of Israel is approved. In exceptional cases will the passage of a Palestinian be allowed here.
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