Eliyahu Crossing, Falamiya, Habla, Jayyus
Falamya, Jayyus, Habla,
Life as usual for residents in the occupied territories, if your permits have not been renewed it does not matter if you are a respected old man, you will not enter Israel – you will not reach your olive trees today.
06:15 The Eliyahu Gate – There are about twenty workers waiting to pass through on foot.
06:50 Falamya south, gate 935. The gate opens on time and only one tractor is waiting. Two more tractors with a few passengers arrive before the gate closes again. We wonder if the rain keeps the workers away or maybe they have completed the olive picking in this region. The soldiers want us to leave but a call to the DCO makes it clear to them that we have permission to be here. They also want to close the gate 15 minutes early but since we intervene they recheck their instructions and close the gate according to the schedule, at 07:20.
07:30 Jayyus 965 – From there we hurry to Jayyus north, where the soldiers are going to open the gate. Here the situation is different. Lots of people are waiting with their tractors, vans, wagons and donkeys. Everybody passes through before the gate closes at 07:45. An old couple is not allowed to pass since their permits are not valid any longer. Angry and frustrated the couple drives north with their wagon, along the fence. They are probably going to some other trees of theirs. At 07:50 the gate closes.
We do not see any olive pickers but the trees look good and there are lots of cut branches on the ground waiting to be taken away.
At the entrance to ‘Azzun there are no soldiers – great.
08:15 Habla 1393 – The gate is open, many people are waiting in line, but when the gate closes at 09:00 everybody has passed through.
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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Falamiya
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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.
Nina SebaAug-18-2025Habla: The gate is in the process of closing
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Jayyus North (935)
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