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Eliyahu Crossing, Eyal Crossing, Habla, Mon 22.11.10, Morning

Observers: Nina S., Frances T. (reporting)
Nov-22-2010
| Morning

06:30 We arrive at Habla to find the gate closed.  After checking with the DCO, we are told that it is due to open at 06:45.  At 06:40 a Hummer arrives with 5 soldiers who open the gates.  The waiting Palestinians go through in groups of 5 – about 4 minutes per group.  3 horses + carts also go through.  2 school buses arrive and after a 10 minute wait and checks with the drivers, they go through in the opposite direction.
 
07:30 Eliyahu crossing

empty.
 
08:00  Felamiyeh

A couple of agricultural vehicles are waiting to go through and pass.
 
09:20 We try to go through Zofit to Eyal checkpost, however the soldier guarding refuses to let us through and we are forced to go all the way around
On arrival at Eyal crossing, we see the new kiosk and are told this will shortly be functioning.  A new set of taps for drinking water/hand washing is already in operation.  
A group of Palestinian women from Nablus exit the facility.  They are going on a trip to the North of Israel on a bus with their children

  • 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.  
  • Eyal Checkpoint / Crossing

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    •   Eyal Checkpoint is intended for pedestrians and Palestinians only. This is the main barrier for workers to cross from the center of the West Bank. Workers with a work permit to enter Israel can pass through it for trade, medicine, and visiting prisoners. The checkpoint was built on the Green Line north of Qalqilya in the separation barrier that surrounds the city. The checkpoint began operating in 2004 by the military. Opening hours on weekdays from 04:00 to 19:00. We started holding shifts there in 2007. We arrived at the checkpoint before it opened at 4 in the morning. We reported on the difficult conditions and the long and cramped queues of workers who must continue their journey by commuting to work throughout Israel. At the end of June 2009, the checkpoint was operated by a civil security company, The transit time has been gradually shortened, today it is faster, but the Palestinians still have to arrive very early to make it to the transportation. Usually, about 15,000 people pass through.
  • 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.

       

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