‘Anabta, Jubara (Kafriat), Qalqiliya, Tue 13.1.09, Afternoon
Translation: Galia S.
Jubara
13:50 – Thin traffic. There are three new flags here to mark the national pride and unity we have to demonstrate in time of war.
14:00 – The Schoolchildren's Gate is open. Here, too, as well as at Ar-Ras checkpoint, there are new flags. The reservists direct the passage of cars with a hand gesture. The driver of a vehicle that has come from Tulkarm is told to show his ID card. While it is being checked, a taxi is waiting at a distance of about 20 meters from the checkpoint. The soldier lets the taxi pass without inspection explaining that he only checks randomly. "It's not very smart to walk around here without a bullet-proof vest," one of the reservists says, as I get out of the vehicle, "someone who is not particularly fond of us can draw a gun and you can get hurt. You are important to me." The soldiers think that the task of MachsomWatch is to see to it that they treat the Palestinians fairly. They are surprised to hear that we object to the existence of checkpoints in the first place. In their view Jubara is what it is and we can't change that.
Two youths turn to us for help. Two horses have trotted over the Schoolchildren's Gate away to the security road. They can't go and get them because they are not allowed to pass through the gate. One of the youths says that being a minor he hasn't got an ID card. The soldier insists that they shouldn't have let the horses gallop freely and that they did it on purpose. (Why would they though? It's not likely that they would want to lose the two horses). Finally it is agreed that a military vehicle will chase the horses back to the village.
Anabt
14:40 – It's almost deserted. The passage is directed with the soldier's hand gesture.
We go on to Shavei Shomron and Beit Iba.
Qalqiliya
16:45 – There is a lot of traffic. In both directions cars pass following the soldier's hand gesture.
'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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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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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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