‘Awarta, ‘Azzun ‘Atma, Beit Furik, Habla, Za’tara (Tapuah), Thu 13.12.12, Afternoon
Natanya translating
An autumn day.
Hebron. Yesterday a border policewomen shot and killed a Palestinian armed with a toy gun.
Today there is a demonstration of the supporters of Hamas in Nablus.
The media reports that there is unrest in "Yehuda and Shomron" (The West Bank)
Except for the army presence which I always mention……there is no 'unrest" in all the places through which we passed.
Because of the fact that there as been a change in the checkpoints which we have known in the past many people are no longer waiting for the generosity of the soldiers to let them pass from village to village. The checking is careful.
Who are here and represent the occupation are army vehicles.
13.30 Habla checkpoint. A Palestinian 
car is being checked. The driver is checked
in the room, comes out and waves a hello
to us.
There are few people passing at this hour
of the day.
13.35 The Bedouin school children who
went through the checkpoint are now
coming home on the dirt road.
13.37 The bus from which they alighted is again checked at the Eliyahua checkpoint.
13.38 An army jeep drives in front of us and turns to the right to Ma'aleah Shomron.
13.47 Before the village of El Pundak an army jeep arrives opposite us.
13.51 At the settlement of Kedumied an army vehicle arrives from the opposite direction to us.
13.52 An army jeep turns to the right and goes into the settlement of Mitzpeh Yeshai.
14.00 An army jeep coming towards us after the checkpoint of Jit turns to the right.
14.04 Before the meeting of road 60 with the road Huwwara-Bruin an army jeep passes us from the opposite direction.
1.4 15 The checkpoint of Huwwara. At the hiking post of the settlement of Bracha we see a soldier guarding.
At the checkpoint itself the lights are on. The checking posts are not manned. When we return to the checkpoint of Beit Furik we see two soldiers coming from the direction of the checkpoint walking slowly and it seems the shift is being changed.
14.20 The checkpoint of Beit Furik. We saw no soldiers. We will send a photo of the checkpoint which reminds those who do not know that those coming from Nablus in the direction of the village of Beit furik (and the other way around) do not have a turning to the road which leads to the settlement of Alon Moreh. The sign is done by hand but the command is clear…..this is an apartheid road.
14,22 The checkpoint of Huwwara. A yellow iron bar is closed and locked and there is no passage to Nablus.
14.28 An army jeep come opposite us to the northern entrance of the village of Huwwara.
14.45 Two army jeeps pass us on the main road to Huwwara. There is much traffic in the village from both sides which is usual for Thursday. The village is vibrant with life.
15.00 The checkpoint of Za'tara. Two soldiers man the checking posts but do not check.
15.20 Azzun Atma.
Workers are coming back from work
but there is no long line. A transparent
wall of plastic has been built next to the
checking room because of the rain.
A shed has also been built which does
not allow us to see the road and to see
if there are people.
In honour of Hanukah there is a menorah at the checkpoint.
Soldiers are at the checkpoint (also with kippot) and an army policewoman try to start an argument…..they are very impressed by the action of the soldier from Hebron. I have no desire to argue with them. I tell them to look at the site of machsomwatch,.
'Awarta
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Awarta, an internal checkpoint in the heart of the West Bank, is located east of the Hawara checkpoint, at the junction of Roads 555 (which was forbidden for Palestinian traffic in this area) and the entrance road to Nablus. It was one of the four checkpoints that surrounded Nablus until 2009. We used to watch it at Huwwara shifts because it was the only one where goods could be transferred to and from Nablus, using the back-to-back method. It was operated by the army, from 06:00 to 20:00. Until 2009.
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'Azzun 'Atma
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'Azzun 'Atma
A Palestinian village of about 1,800 residents. The settlement of Sha'arei Tikva was established on its land adjacent to it, and the settlement of Oranit was established on its agricultural lands. By 2013, the separation fence had passed through the village and a checkpoint staffed by the army allowed the residents to cross from side to side. After building a massive wall surrounding the village and some of its agricultural lands, the residents went daily for five years to their lands that remained in the Seam Zone through the Oranit agricultural checkpoint (4). Since 2018 it has only opened during the olive harvest and the farmers have to pass daily at the Beit Amin / Abu Salman checkpoint (1447), about 3 kilometers north.From a report from March 24, 2021: "The farmers from Beit Amin and Azon Atma are happy that since February 21 the Oranit checkpoint .is going to be open 3 times a day, The farmers are really developing the place."
Report from July 14, 2024: "Ornit checkpoint is closed . The Beit Amin/Abu Salman agricultural checkpoint is closed (there is no contact with the military to check if it opens rarely), the Ezbat Jaloud checkpoint was opened once a day before the war.
Updated for July 2024
Apr-11-2019Azoun: The main entrance to village blocked now for several weeks
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Beit Furik checkpoint
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One of the three internal checkpoints that closed on the city of Nablus - Beit Furik to the east, Hawara to the south, Beit Iba to the west. The checkpoint is located at the junction of Roads 557 (an apartheid road that was forbidden for Palestinians), leading to the Itamar and Alon Morea settlements and Road 5487. The checkpoint was established in 2001 for pedestrians and vehicles; The opening hours were short and the transition was slow and very problematic.Allegedly, the checkpoint is intended to monitor the movement to and from Nablus of the residents of Beit Furik and Beit Dajan, being the only opening outside their villages. Since May 2009 the checkpoint is open 24 hours a day, the military presence is limited, vehicles can pass through it without inspections, except for random inspections. (Updated April 2010)
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Habla
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Habla CP (1393)
The Habla checkpoint (1393) was established on the lands of the residents of Qalqilya, on the short road that
connected it for centuries to the nearby town of Habla. The separation barrier intersects this road twice and cut off the residents of Qalqilya from their lands in the seam zone.(between the fence and the green line).
There is a passage under Road 55 that connects Qalqilya to the sabotage This agricultural barrier is used by the farmers and nursery owners established along Road 55 from the Green Line and on both sides of the kurkar road leading to the checkpoint.
This agricultural checkpoint serves the residents of Arab a-Ramadin al-Janoubi (detached from the West Bank), who pass through it to the West Bank and back to their homes. The opening hours (3 times a day) of this agricultural checkpoint are longer than usual, about an hour (recently shortened to 45 minutes), and are coordinated with the transportation hours of a-Ramadin children studying in the occupied in the West Bank.
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Za'tara (Tapuah)
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Za'tara (Tapuah) Za'tara is an internal checkpoint in the heart of the West Bank, at the intersection of Road 60 and Road 505 (Trans-Samaria), east of the Tapuah settlement. This checkpoint is the "border" marked by the IDF between the north and south of the West Bank, in accordance with the policy of separation between the two parts of the West Bank that has been in place since December 2005. At the Za'tara checkpoint, there are separate routes for Israelis and Palestinians. In the route for Israelis, there are no inspections and the route for Palestinians inspects. The queue lengthens and shortens suits. The checkpoint is open 24 hours a day. The checkpoint is partially staffed and the people who pass through it are checked at random.
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