Beit Furik, Beit Iba, Deir Sharaf, Za’tara (Tapuah), Tue 8.12.09, Afternoon
Translator: Charles K.
Brukin, 14:45: The entrance from Route 5 is open. Jama’in, 15:05: The entrance is closed. Za’tara, 15:10:
The entry toward Nablus isn’t blocked. About 15 cars waited at the entrance toward the south. Traffic flows. Awarta, 15:20:
We drove to the checkpoint on the road that Palestinian trucks are allowed to use – winding, in poor condition, narrow and difficult. We wonder what happens when two trucks arrive from opposite directions. Beit Furik, 15:35:
Unmanned, though there might have been soldiers in the watchtower. We saw that the army installed earthen barriers and tires for hundreds of meters near the checkpoint, apparently to prevent vehicles from bypassing it. Huwwara checkpoint, 15:45:
The checkpoint is manned. Traffic from Nablus flows, and there is no inspection at all of traffic to Nablus. Suddenly two soldiers arrived and began to inspect cars going toward Nablus – within two minutes a line of 30 cars had formed. We saw that the soldier held something in his hand – perhaps an ID card. We spoke with a Palestinian in the parking lot who said that it always happened at this hour, and in half an hour it will be over. And in fact, at 15:55 the soldiers left and traffic began flowing. Soon everyone crossed. Jit junction, 16:10: We continued on Route 55. Jit junction is closed to traffic next to the village of Sara. Barrels checkpoint, 16:15: Manned, including a dog and handler, but no inspections. We stopped by the Beit Iba checkpoint – and there’s no checkpoint!
It’s great to see a dismantled checkpoint…
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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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Beit Iba
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A perimeter checkpoint west of the city of Nablus. Operated from 2001 to 2009 as one of the four permanent checkpoints closing on Nablus: Beit Furik and Awarta to the east and Hawara to the south. A pedestrian-only checkpoint, where MachsomWatch volunteers were present daily for several hours in the morning and afternoon to document the thousands of Palestinians waiting for hours in long queues with no shelter in the heat or rain, to leave the district city for anywhere else in the West Bank. From March 2009, as part of the easing of the Palestinian movement in the West Bank, it was abolished, without a trace, and without any adverse change in the security situation.
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Deir Sharaf checkpoint
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Deir Sharaf checkpoint is located west of Nablus and south of the settlement of Shavei Shomron, at the entrance to the village of Deir Sharaf on the road leading to Nablus. The checkpoint was activated in early March 2009 after the Beit Iba checkpoint was closed. Palestinians are allowed through the checkpoint , but not for Israelis. Unlike the checkpoints leading to Qalqilya and Tulkarm, crossing of Israeli Palestinians is only allowed on Saturdays.
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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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