‘Anabta, Eliyahu Crossing, Irtah (Sha’ar Efrayim), Qalqiliya, Mon 22.6.09, Afternoon
14:30 We passed through the Eliyahu Passage. There were few cars passing in both directions and we saw no pedestrians. We continued to the entrance to Qalqiliya and we were happy to see a post without soldiers and cars galloping to the town and out of it.
Deir Sharaf
14:45 we approached the concrete blocks which were about twenty meters west of the soldiers' post. A military van stood at the side of the road and two soldiers were busy doing what looked like maintenance work for the generator. The soldiers' posts looked abandoned and cars passed without delay in both directions. Later a soldiers came out from one of the posts and gesticulated to the coming cars to continue driving.
Antaba
15:15 There is a lively traffic in the direction of Tulkarm and from it. Soldiers man the two posts, two soldiers in each post. They make signs to the vehicles to slow down near the post, and from time to time they talk with the driver and check the car, but no queues are created. One of the soldiers finds time to explain to us where he wants us to stand so as not to create a disturbance, but after he had his say he let us stand where we wished.
Irtah
16:00 After we parked the car, left is and entered the shaded shed, a security person came up to us and this is the conversation that ensued: "Machsom-Watch women are forbidden to be in this area", "why?" "this is a private location"' "to whom does it belong?" "it belongs to the Ministry of Defence. Just a minute I'm going to find out whether you are allowed to be here" the soldier makes a few steps and returns and says: "you are allowed to be here but I ask you not to create any provocation".
Thus the conversation between us ended. The soldier returned to his post and we watched the many workers who arrived in cars, taxis and busses after a day's work and hurried to the turnstile in order to enter the building and to pass on their way 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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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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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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Qalqiliya checkpoint
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Qalqilya is surrounded on all sides by the separation barrier. The only exit from the city is in the east of the city on the road that leaves the city in an easterly direction. This is where the checkpoint was located. When the checkpoint was active until 2009 our shifts watched long queues of cars being inspected at the only exit from the city to the West Bank. The checkpoint was canceled, but there is a military presence at the entrance to the city.
Nina SebaAug-18-2025Azzun: Enclosed by a high fence and the gate to the village is closed
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