Beit Furik, Huwwara, Za’tara (Tapuah), Wed 3.9.08, Afternoon
Natanya translating.
14.10 Shaar Shomron with 18 cars in the direction of Jerusalem. Marda is open and Zeita is closed.
14.30 Za'tara (Tapuach)
At the side of the road are two police traffic vehicles and some cars. Two of them have Israeli plates and two Palestinian and two trucks entering from Israel, all of whom have been stopped for traffic violations. The soldiers do not interfere. Cars entering Nablus are sent through fairly quickly.
14.45 Huwwara.
The pipe of the cistern at the entrance is leaking and we tell the soldier at the checkpoint who says he knows that it is being dealt with.
At the checkpoint there are no detainees and those waiting to be checked fill the shed but there is no overcrowding. 3 checking areas are at work at a reasonable pace. What does disturb the quiet besides the squeaking of the x-ray device are the continuous shouts of the soldiers at the car area at the men exiting the cars to be checked.
The men enter with their wallets and phones in their hands and put them carefully on the narrow cement blocks, raise their shirts and then put on their belts which they have to put on while they walk away. If they stop even for a second the soldiers or the captain shout move move yallah move. It is hard to describe the nervousness of all and there seems to be no reason for it. When we tried to understand why they could not put them on while in the shed the answer of the soldiers as always was "They can put it on as easily while walking as while standing."
15.30 People wait about 20 minutes in the shed. In the humanitarian lane women and elderly move quickly. There are usually about 4 cars waiting to enter Nablus and they pass one by one without delay and just the check of the ID. Few leave Nablus and the buses let out their travelers who after a short time get back into the cars and go through.
The DCO representative is present but cannot say why belts cannot be put on while in the shed.
16.00 Beit Furik.
No cars waiting and only 3 at the exit and there is no delay.
There are about 3-4 people each time in the shed.
At 16.35 we go back to Huwwara where the water is leaking even more and the shouts continue to hasten the progress of those waiting. People come out of the shed to put on their belts so as not to be shouted at. An embarrassing scene.
We leave at 17.05.
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14:10 שער שומרון כ-18 רכבים לכיוון ישראל.
14:20 מרדה פתוח, זיתא סגור
14:30 זעתרה (תפוח) –
בצד הדרך שתי ניידות משטרה (תנועה) וכמה כלי רכב, שתי מכוניות עם לוחות ישראליים, שתיים עם לוחות פלסטין ושתי משאיות בכניסה מכיוון ישראל, מעוכבים על עבירות תנועה. החיילים אינם מתערבים. מעט מכוניות מכיוון שכם מתפנות די מהר בשתי עמדות בדיקה.
14:45 מחסום חווארה
הצינור מן הדוד בכניסה למחסום דולף. אנו מודיעות לחייל במחסום, הוא יודע, כבר הודיע על כך, זה בטיפול.
במחסום אין מעוכבים ואין עצורים בתא הבידוק. המחכים לבדיקה ממלאים את הסככה אך לא בצפיפות. שלוש עמדות הבידוק פועלות בקצב סביר. מה שהפר את השקט בנוסף לצפצופי המגנומטר היו צעקות בלתי פוסקות של החיילים שעמדו באזור בדיקות הרכבים על הגברים היוצאים מן הבדיקה.
חסל הטקס של הבחורים היוצאים ביד אחת הארנק בשנייה הטלפון והמחברות מתחת לבית השחי, מניחים את כל אלה בזהירות על מעקות הבטון הצרים, מפשילים את החולצות וחוגרים את החגורות. עכשיו הם נדרשים לחגור אותן תוך כדי הליכה. אם רק יעצרו לשנייה אחרת יתנפל עליהם אחד החיילים או הקצין בצעקות יאללה אמשי יאללה רוח!
קשה לתאר את העצבנות של כולם ללא כל סיבה נראית לעין. כשניסינו להבין מן החיילים או המפקד שלהם למה אין אפשרות לחגור את החגורות בסככה, כמו תמיד, הייתה התשובה: "כמו שהם חוגרים את חגורות הנפץ, הם יכולים לחגור בהליכה".
15:30 זמן ההמתנה בסככה, שמדדנו לגבי מספר אנשים, היה כ-20 ד'. בתור ההומניטארי הנשים הילדים והמבוגרים עוברים במהרה.
בכל שלב כארבע מכוניות בתור לכניסה לשכם, עוברות אחת אחת לאחר בדיקת התעודות, ללא עיכובים. מעט יוצאות משכם, מהמיניבוס ומהמוניות מורדים הנוסעים, לאחר בדיקה קצרה חוזרים לכלי הרכב ועוברים.
נציג המת"ק מתייצב, אין לו תשובה בקשר לנוהל החדש של אי חגורת החגורות בסככה. הצעקות נמשכות.
16:00 בית פוריכ
אין כלי רכב ממתינים לכניסה, ביציאה שלוש מכוניות. הבדיקה במסלול אחד אך כשמגיעה מכונית מכיוון הכניסה, היא נבדקת ללא השהייה.
הבדיקה של הולכי הרגל היוצאים מתבצעת מתחת לסככה, 3-4 אנשים מחכים לבדיקה בכל רגע נתון, יוצאים אחד, אחד.
16:35 חזרה בחווארה.
הדליפה מדוד המים התגברה. הסככה מלאה. הצעקות נמשכות… שומעים גם צעקות מזרזות על הממתינים בתור. רק מעטים חוגרים בכל זאת בסככה, האחרים ממהרים לצאת בעקבות הפקודות הנוחתות בצעקה. ברור מי כאן השליט. מחזה מביש.
17:05 אנו עוזבות.
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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Za'tara (Tapuah)
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