Deir Sharaf, Eliyahu Crossing, Habla, Wed 18.5.11, Morning
07:15 AM: Habla Agricultural Gate
Gate now opens at 7 AM. This is a problem for the workers who need to get through earlier and ask that the opening time be restored to 6:30 AM. Steady stream of people on foot, car, van , tractor, donkey and cart and bicycles. The checkpoint appears to be working efficiently with 2-3 minutes between each group of five people. The soldiers manning the gate are polite towards the Palestinians. No issues encountered.
07:50 AM: Eliyahu Crossing
We are stopped at the crossing and asked to pull aside. (Please note that the MachsomWatch flag is blowing from our car window). We are subjected to a through check. Our documents are taken (ID papers, car ID, car insurance etc). We are asked to come out of the car while the trunk is checked. The back of the car is checked as well and we are told that if we are in a possession of any knife we would not be allowed to cross.
A scene that even Kafka would have enjoyed:
- The young border policeman claims that he doesn’t know anything about MacshomWatch and asks if we go to the checkpoint to make sure that the soldiers get their meals on time!
- In the trunk of our car we have a pair of walking sticks. The police officer asks us: “Are you going fishing?”
I kid you not!
After 10 minutes of this we are allowed to continue on our journey.
08:15 AM: Jayyus– we drive through on our way to Falamya. Nothing unusual to observe in this sleepy village.
08:25 AM: Falamya Agricultural Gate
The gate is open, we observe a group of people working the fields on the other side of the gate. There is moderate traffic on the road to Tulkarm. Very quiet activity at the gate.
In Falamya village we are stopped by one of the residents who pulls out a MachsomWatch card and asks about his friend Yael. We accept his regards.
08:30 – 09:30 AM: Kafr Jammal, Kafr Tsur, Al Funduq
We drive through these quiet villages. There are no surprise checkpoints or army vehicles to be seen.
We continue on Route 55 and find a hummer vehicle at the junction near Jit where Route 55 intersects with Route 60.
09:35 AM: Deir Sharaf
We drive along the wall surrounding Shavei Shomron. The road is open, the checkpoint is open and unmanned. We head back to Eliyahu Crossing where we are allowed to go back without incident but across on the other side we notice that another car with Israeli license plates has been stopped and is being questioned.
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.
Nina SebaFeb-28-2024Deir Sharaf - the entrance to the village
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Eliyahu CP (109) / Crossing
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Eliyahu CP (109) / Crossing This checkpoint, also known as the Fruit Crossing, is one of the main checkpoints between Israel and the West Bank. It is located on Route 55 between Alfei Menashe and the turn to Qalqilya and Zufin, more than 4 km east of the Green Line, in the separation fence, which separates Qalqilya from its lands to the south, thus leaving Alfei Menashe West of the fence - the Seam Zone. This checkpoint, a few kilometers across the Green Line, is intended for "Israeli settlement in the West Bank and the population of the Seam Zone." It is managed by a civil company. Palestinians with a special permit for their lands in the seam area are also allowed to pass through it, on foot, and sometimes by car.
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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.Ronit Dahan-RamatiApr-25-2025Habla Checkpoint: system of gates
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Jit Junction
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The checkpoint is located on Route 60 near at the junction with Route 55, near the village of Jit. There was a checkpoint for vehicles passing between the north and south of the West Bank, which was abolished towards 2010. Since then, surprise checkpoints have been set up there from time to time with a police or Border Police vehicle, and vehicles and their passengers are inspected.
Yehudith LevinMay-14-201414.05.14 Jit junction צומת ג'ית
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