Beit Furik, Huwwara, Za’tara (Tapuah), Sun 22.6.08, Morning
Translation: Hanna K.
Za'tara/Tapuah Junction – there are 44 cars coming from the north
Beit Furik – nobody waiting to pass
Huwwara –
There are about 15-20 Palestinians waiting.
In the open dungeon there is one detainee who was released a quarter of an hour after we arrived, after he has been held there, according to him, an hour and a half. He told us that while he was selling vegetables in 2002 in Tul Karem, he was shot and wounded by the fire of soldiers. He was taken to the Meir Hospital for treatment, and was detained in an administrative detention that lasted for five years at Ketziot, Megiddo and Offer. A lawyer (whose name is known to us) submitted an appeal to the High Court of Justice against the prolongation of the administrative detention. He has mediacal files in Meir, Hadassa and Soroka – where he was taken three times from his detention.
Since he was released he is detained constantly on his way from Nablus to Ramallah – first at the Huwwara CP and then at the Za'tara/Tapuah CP.
At each CP the procedure of confiscating his ID and the detention repeat itself. The route from Nablus to Ramallah takes him 6 hours.
Since he was released he is unemployed and now he is on his way for medical treatment at Ramallah.
Because of his imprisonment his economic and personal situation have deteriorated. He has not submitted a claim against the army because of the wound that turned him into an incurable invalid.
I photographed him and his hand that was injured at that incident and he showed me the places in his shoulder and chest where bullets remained.
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44 מכוניות מצפון
בית פוריכ
אין ממתינים למעבר
מחסום חווארה
ממתינים בין 15 ל-20 פלסטינאים. בצינוק הפתוח מעוכב ששוחרר רבע שעה לאחר שהגענו, לאחר שהוחזק שם לדבריו שעה וחצי.הוא סיפר שבעודו מוכר ירקות ב-2002 בטולכרם הוא נורה ונפצע מירי של חיילים. נלקח לביה"ח מאיר לטיפול ונעצר למעצר מנהלי שנמשך חמש שנים בקציעות, מגידו ועופר. עו"ד (שמו שמור אצלנו) הגיש בשמו בג"צ כנגד התמשכות המעצר המנהלי. תיקים רפואיים שלו יש בבתי חולים מאיר, הדסה וסורוקה – לשם נלקח שלוש פעמים מהמעצר.מאז ששוחרר הוא מעוכב באופן קבוע בדרכו משכם לרמאללה – קודם במחסום חווארה ואחר כך במחסום זעטרה (צומת תפוח). בכל מחסום חוזרת פרוצדורת לקיחת תעודת הזהות והעיכוב. הדרך משכם לרמאללה לוקחת לו 6 שעות.מאז השחרור הוא מובטל ועכשיו הוא בדרכו לטיפול רפואי ברמאללה. עקב המעצר ומצבו הכלכלי והאישי שהדרדר, הוא לא הגיש תביעה נגד הצבא בגין הפציעה שהפכה אותו לנכה תמידי.צילמתי אותו ואת ידו הפגועה כתוצאה מהפציעה והוא הראה לי באיזה מקומות בכתף ובחזה נותרו כדורים.
בכתף ובחזה נותרו כדורים.
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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Huwwara
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The Huwwara checkpoint is an internal checkpoint south of the city of Nablus, at the intersection of Roads 60 and 5077 (between the settlements of Bracha and Itamar). This checkpoint was one of the four permanent checkpoints that closed on Nablus (Beit Furik and Awarta checkpoints to the east and the Beit Iba checkpoint to the west). It was a pedestrian-only barrier. As MachsomWatch volunteers, we watched therre since 2001 two shifts a day - morning and noon, the thousands of Palestinians leaving Nablus and waiting for hours in queues to reach anywhere else in the West Bank, from the other side of the checkpoint the destination could only be reached by public transport. In early June 2009, as part of the easing of Palestinian traffic in the West Bank, the checkpoint was opened to vehicular traffic. The passage was free, with occasional military presence in the guard tower. Also, there were vehicle inspections from time to time. Since the massacre on 7.10.2023, the checkpoint has been closed to Palestinians.
On February 26, 2023, about 400 settlers attacked the town's residents for 5 hours and set fire to property, such as houses and cars. Disturbances occurred in response to a shooting of two Jewish residents of Har Bracha by a Palestinian Terrorist. The soldiers stationed in the town did not prevent the arson and rescued Palestinian families from their homes only after they were set on fire. No one was punished and Finance Minister Smotrich stated that "the State of Israel should wipe out Hawara." Left and center organizations organized solidarity demonstrations and support actions for the residents of Hawara.Hawara continued to be in the headlines in all the months that followed: more pogroms by the settlers, attacks by Palestinians and a massive presence of the army in the town. It amounted to a de facto curfew of commerce and life in the center of the city. On October 5, 2023, MK Zvi established a Sukkah in the center of Hawara and hundreds of settlers backed the army blocked the main road and held prayers in the heart of the town all night and the next day. On Saturday, October 7, 23 The "Swords of Iron" war began with an attack by Hamas on settlements surrounding Gaza in the face of a poor presence of the IDF. Much criticism has been made of the withdrawal of military forces from the area surrounding Gaza and their placement in the West Bank, and in the Hawara and Samaria region in particular, as a shield for the settlers who were taking over and rioting.
On November 12, 2023, the first section of the Hawara bypass road intended for Israeli traffic only was opened. In this way, the settlers can bypass the road that goes through the center of Hawara, which is the main artery for traffic from the Nablus area to Ramallah and the south of the West Bank. For the construction of the road, the Civil Administration expropriated 406 dunams of private land belonging to Palestinians from the nearby villages. The settlers are not satisfied with this at the moment, and demand to also travel through Hawara itself in order to demonstrate presence and control.(updated November 2023)
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Fathiya AkfaJun-22-2008Huwara: traffic jam on the main road
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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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