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Ar-Ras, Jubara (Kafriat), Wed 21.11.07, Afternoon

Place: A-Ras (The Children Checkpoint) Jubara (Kafriat)
Observers: Sarah P,Osnat, Tami (reporting) Guest
Nov-21-2007
| Afternoon

Jubara 14:30  

We had arranged a meeting there with a friend of Raya's from the north to bring him a package.  The man wasn't there. After a short wait, and with the authorization of the checkpoint commander, we went up to the village ( thanks to Inbal who took off the manacles from the lock).

The reserve-duty soldiers at the schoolchildren's gate took an interest in us; they learn something new every day.

Ar-Ras 15:15  

The reserve-duty soldiers greeted us as long-lost relatives; some of them served there during their regular army service and remember us from back then. The entrance to Tulkarm is with no inspection and the exit – with speedy inspection.  The most memorable event is that a car got stuck at the roadblock and had to be towed back to Tulkarm.

15:30

We passed by the entrance to Tulkarm.  The queue spilled over to the main road but was flowing.  It was still long when we passed by on the way back from Beit Iba, and we asked a driver we met to call us when he goes through; but he never called, even though we gave him the phone number.

 

    

  • A-Ras (The Children Checkpoint)

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    • A-Ras (The Children Checkpoint)
      On Tulkarm-Qalqiliya road (574), east of Hirbet Jubara. tia checkpoint is dedicated to residents traveling to and from Tulkarm, so they should not cross apartheid road 557 (only permissible for settlers).

  • 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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