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06:50 Irtah Checkpoint
07:00 Jubara
07:30 Anabta
07:45 Beit Iba
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‘Anabta, Irtah, Jubara (Kafriat), Sun 27.4.08, Morning
Observers: Yael A (reporter), Judith H.
Translator: Orna B.
06:50 Irtah Checkpoint
The checkpoint is closed; the security man explains that there is a closure, which ends tomorrow and today the checkpoint will open at 07:00 for humanitarian cases only.
07:00 Jubara
A children's bus is on its way; there is traffic at gate 753, and there are 5 detainees. According to the soldiers these are illegals who came from the direction of Israel. Someone from the advanced command post was checking their identity and will advise what to do with them. At A-ras there is another detainee. The checkpoint commander refuses to speak to us and will only say that the detainee's permit has expired, and that they are trying to clarify what to do with him.
07:30 Anabta
No queue; very few cars; no pedestrians; traffic is flowing in both directions.
07:45 Beit Iba
Traffic is flowing, cars and pedestrians. The checkpoint commander is nice and does not stop us from reaching the caousels, and we see that there are no detainees at all.
We left.
'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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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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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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