‘Azzun, Eyal Crossing, Habla
Eyal CP, Habla, ‘Azzun, Shahar,
05:30 – The busy Sunday. The queue for the busses is long and winding. A very great number of busses. In spite of the load there are no complaints. At the side where the entrance to the CP is, there are already few people.
There is a rumour that the authorities are again considering the prohibition of bus rides on the way back to the occupied territories. The workmen we talked with hadn't heard about it. One should follow this up.
We continue to receive complaints of workers against their employers. We supply them with the phone number of the person responsible for Palestinian matters in "Kav La-Oved" (for those interested: Abed,050-9099044) who deals with these issues. From their stories we get a difficult description of abuse of their weakness by the employer: for instance – they work 22 days per month but the employer notes in their pay slip only 10 days per month. The employer forces them to pay him each month the sum of 2000 shekels for the work permit, although he pays the state authorities 1200 shekels per month. There are many more shocking instances… As a matter of fact why is it necessary to pay the State authorities each month for the work permit? This is another example of the extortion of the Palestinians in favour of the State treasury.
06:50 – Habla. The gate is open, there are not many workmen, they pass the personal checking as well as the computerized one and go on their way.
07:30 'Azzun. There is a jeep and soldiers at the entrance to the village and another jeep further on.
On Saturday afternoon we visited ‘Azzun with Aneline and a fully loaded jeep with objects for the "second hand" shop of Zaharan and we also celebrated little Kossay's fifth birthday, in their damp, humid and cold house in which the end of the week rains created havoc…We celebrated with a cake and candles and balloons which Rahel had prepared. There was a pleasant family warmth, and we then returned to our heated dry homes. The thoughts about the shocking and unbearable polarization didn't leave us.
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'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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Eyal Checkpoint / Crossing
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Eyal Checkpoint is intended for pedestrians and Palestinians only. This is the main barrier for workers to cross from the center of the West Bank. Workers with a work permit to enter Israel can pass through it for trade, medicine, and visiting prisoners. The checkpoint was built on the Green Line north of Qalqilya in the separation barrier that surrounds the city. The checkpoint began operating in 2004 by the military. Opening hours on weekdays from 04:00 to 19:00. We started holding shifts there in 2007. We arrived at the checkpoint before it opened at 4 in the morning. We reported on the difficult conditions and the long and cramped queues of workers who must continue their journey by commuting to work throughout Israel. At the end of June 2009, the checkpoint was operated by a civil security company, The transit time has been gradually shortened, today it is faster, but the Palestinians still have to arrive very early to make it to the transportation. Usually, about 15,000 people pass through.
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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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