‘Azzun, Beit Furik, Habla, Haris, Jit Junction
13:45, Habla agriculture gate.
Four soldiers with a jeep are controlling the crossing. A horse pulling a cart loaded with old furniture crosses to the Palestinian side. A truck full of plants bound for the owner’s nursery on the seam line picks up a group of small boys who have already crossed to the Israeli side – apparently kids of the nurseryman. Everyone goes through quickly, since they cross daily and the soldiers know them. As everything is quiet we stay for only about 10 minutes.
Azzun. A jeep and some soldiers stand at the entrance.
Jit Junction. Two weeks ago a watchtower and an enclosure were built here overlooking the road. Now a jeep and several soldiers stand watch.
Huwwara. At the entrance, soldiers have stopped a Palestinian car and are inspecting it and questioning the occupants.
Fathiya receives a phone call. Someone with a Palestinian friend is asking whether people over the age of 55 may enter Israel without a permit. She refers him to the District Coordination and Liaison Administration, and gives him the phone number.
Beit Furik. Soldiers can be seen in the watchtower.
At most bus stops, where mainly young kippa-wearing teens are waiting, there is a soldier or two.
Before reaching Tapuah junction, there is a bus stop completely protected by a row of tall concrete barriers, so that you cannot see if anyone is waiting there. At the junction, a jeep is parked next to the watchtower while soldiers patrol.
In Huwwara, we hear of a terror attack in south Tel Aviv, with two dead.
We see four jeeps traveling along the main street of Huwwara, more than usual, but fewer than last week.
Two soldiers stand at the bus stop at the entrance to Ariel, while two others walk up the road toward the city.
At Haris junction, soldiers stand at all four corners of the crossroad and at the bus stops.
Throughout our tour, soldiers are everywhere, their uniforms blending but not blending into the green landscape. Their presence a reminder, if anyone needed it, that: “We are here. We are watching.”
'Azzun
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Azoun (updated February 2019)
A Palestinian town situated in Area B (under civil Palestinian control and Israeli security control),
on road 5 between Nablus and Qalqiliya, east of Nabi Elias village. The inhabitants are allowed to construct and improve infrastructures. The Separation Fence has confiscated lands belonging to the town's people. In 2018 olive tree groves owned by one of its inhabitants were confiscated for the sake of paving a road to bypass Nabi Elias. Azoun population numbers 13,000, its economic state dire. Its infrastructures are poor, neglect and poverty rampant. In the meantime, the town council has completed paving an internal road for the inhabitants' welfare.
Because of its proximity to the Jewish settler-colony of Karnei Shomron and its outposts, the town suffers the intense presence of the Israeli army, especially at nighttime: soldiers enter homes, arrest suspects, trash the house and sometimes ruin it, as they do in numerous places in the West Bank. At times a checkpoint closes the entrance to the town, so no one can come in or get out.
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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.
Nina SebaAug-18-2025Habla: The gate is in the process of closing
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Haris
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Haris
The village has 4,500 people and they have 5,000 dunams of land. The entrance to the village is blocked and opened arbitrarily, without informing the residents.The village has a seasonal checkpoint that blocks the road to the agricultural land and this checkpoint opens once a year! 2,500-3,000 dunams were stolen from the village in order to build the settlements of Revava and Netafim, which are located west of Haris.
The center of the village is Area B and around Area C. The population grows but the occupation does not permit new construction in Area C.
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Jit Junction
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The checkpoint is located on Route 60 near at the junction with Route 55, near the village of Jit. There was a checkpoint for vehicles passing between the north and south of the West Bank, which was abolished towards 2010. Since then, surprise checkpoints have been set up there from time to time with a police or Border Police vehicle, and vehicles and their passengers are inspected.
Anat PolakJul-17-2025Yitzhar Road, Jit Junction: traffic jam
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