Awarta, Beit Furik, Za’tara (Tapuah), Sun 15.6.08, Morning
Translator: Charles K.
7:25 Zeita: As usual, the road is blocked by cement cubes and an iron gate.
7:45 Za'tara/Tapuach:
10 cars from the west.
At the north-south checkpoint – a new group of air force reservists. 3 lanes open. 32 vehicles on line.
8:15 Beit Furik:
The parking lot is empty. Three cars waiting. We're told that the Palestinian police pulled 2000 cars from Beit Furik and Beit Dajan off the road, and a taxi stand opened in Beit Furik, inside the village.
8:40 Awarta
No trucks entering, three cars exiting.
The parking lot is crowded, full of activity. Lots of people going to Nablus, and sometimes there's a delay going through the turnstile.
Three lanes open at the turnstiles. 40-50 people waiting. A., the commander, tells us that the checkpoint was very crowded earlier.
9:35 An elderly women holding a month-old baby in her arms, has been waiting ten minutes or more for her son to go through the turnstile.
9:38 The son comes through.
9:50 A Palestinian who lives in Awarta comes over to us for help: on the evening of 18.5.08 his ID card was taken from him in Shirat by a border policeman. He was told that he'd get it back in Na'alin. He went there, waited until 1 am and the ID wasn't found. Since then he's gone there a number of times, to no avail – the ID card isn't there. I ask T, the DCO representative, who's at the checkpoint, and he explains to the Palestinian that he has to get a new ID card. Unfortunately, that's really what he must do, which involves, in addition to having to run around from place to place, a significant expense.
10:00 We leave the checkpoint.
10:45 At the entrance to Burin/Yitzhar there's a Hummer carrying soldiers, facing the settlement.
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'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.
Ronit Dahan-RamatiJun-15-2008Awarta: a long line of cars
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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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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.Shoshi AnbarSep-27-2023Za'atra (Tapuah Intersection). Signs
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