Azzun, Jubara (Kafriat), Qalqiliya, Mon 21.1.08, Morning
6:30 Ras Atia
The gate opened before 6:30 am by reserve soldiers who are very polite. Fast passage of workmen, therefore there is no queue. There are still no pupils. The road block commander warns us not to enter the village because yesterday there had been some shooting between two clans. One very supportive soldier is interested to hear about Machsomwatch.
7:00 Eliyahu Passage
A queue of about 40 workmen waiting to enter Israel. The inspection is fast. No queue of cars.
7:15: Qalqiliya
Here too there are reserve soldiers and everything flows calmly. No queues either at the entrance or the exit.
7:20: At the entrance to Azzun stands a hammer with soldiers inside, but the road is open for free passage. On our way to Beit Iba on Route 55 we saw no blockages.
9:30 Anabta
During the time we stayed in Beit Iba several taxi drivers told us of very long queues in Anabta lately, and indeed when we got there we had reports of dozens , (hundreds) of cars waiting in a queue yesterday afternoon and evening, a queue that was not moving, and the soldiers were very nervous. This morning though while we were there, there was no queue at the entrance to Tulkarm in spite of the fact that a soldier peeped into every car. At the exit there are about 8 cars. They go through rapidly because some cars are not inspected, and a soldier only peeps into some of the others.
9:40 We leave.
9:50 The Figs Passage (Jubara)
No problems.
The Flowers Gate. About 7 illegals are waiting for the past few hours, according to them, The soldiers claim that it is not true and they are being checked on the computer. It is very cold there, and it is very unpleasant to wait without any shelter. We see a family with women and children and parcels moving slowly through the road block.
10:00 Ar-ras
No queues. A dog trainer and her dog check a cab very rapidly and return to the shelter of the concrete road block. From the direction of Qalqiliya there ano inspections at all. From the direction of Tulkarm – speedy inspections. Cars and pedestrians are crossing to Jubara.
!0:20 We leave.
'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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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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Qalqiliya checkpoint
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Qalqilya is surrounded on all sides by the separation barrier. The only exit from the city is in the east of the city on the road that leaves the city in an easterly direction. This is where the checkpoint was located. When the checkpoint was active until 2009 our shifts watched long queues of cars being inspected at the only exit from the city to the West Bank. The checkpoint was canceled, but there is a military presence at the entrance to the city.
Nina SebaAug-18-2025Azzun: Enclosed by a high fence and the gate to the village is closed
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