‘Anabta, Jubara (Kafriat), Qalqiliya, Tue 31.3.09, Morning
Translation: Bracha
Avnei Chefetz Junction 07:51
There are a lot of cars and taxis and a crowd of people on the side of the road. There had been an accident opposite: a Palestinian taxi and an Israeli car have collided with an electric pole. We understood that no one was severely injured, but the passengers of the two cars were taken to the hospital to be checked just to make sure.
Anabta 07:57
The leveling of the ground as the side of the road continues. There are 10 cars at the exit. Soldiers are letting cars through and inspecting them one by one by glancing inside. After several minutes a soldier stops one of the cars. From the gestures between them we understand that the soldier felt that the car was going too fast. After a short conversation the car continues on its way.
There is no lineup at the entrance. Here also cars are being checked one by one with a glance. Occasionally the soldiers stop a car and check I.D. cards at random. Sometimes they check the trunk as well.
A young man approaches the checkpoint and want to walk through. He is asked to lift up his shirt [to be checked.
We left at 8:15.
8:31 Jubara
We wait several minutes at the Te’enim crossing for them to open the gate to Jubara. On the other side we are allowed through and we look back. At the exit from the Jubara gate we ask a soldier what the concrete barriers are for. He says that the children’s gate will be closed and will be moved to the entrance to Jubara. The two gates of Jubara will be opened. He says that this was to have happened a week ago, but he does not know when it will happen.
Qalqilya 9:30
There is no line at the entrance or exit. The crossing is relatively open and occasionally at random a car is stopped to be checked. On the sides of the road in the direction of the entrance a soldier runs with his hand behind his back. He approaches the checkpoint and throws a fake grenade – an exercise to interrupt the routine.
Two of the soldiers in the positions locate the “terrorist” behind one of the trucks waiting in the growing line. They shout: “Fire, fire fire!” and the “terrorist” is killed. While the effective exercise is going on the line of cars grows longer: there are now 8 in the entrance and 10 at the exit, and traffic is stopped.
The line continues to grow longer: there are 14 cars in the entrance and 15 at the exit. After about 7 minutes the crossing is reopened. Cars are not checked. One of the drivers in the parking lot tells us that during the past month soldiers enter people’s houses at night looking for people and find someone.
We left at 09:45.
'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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