Eliyahu Crossing, Habla, Jayyus, Tue 23.10.12, Afternoon
We begin by bringing parcels of children’s clothing to ‘Arab al Ramadin. Many children in the alleys of
the Bedouin locality – all the Palestinian Authority’s employees are on strike for two days (today and
tomorrow) because they haven’t been paid. Wherever we went today the streets were full of children.
10:45 Eliyahu crossing – Only one car being inspected. Traffic flows in both directions.
Izbet Tabiv – The shelter erected by those demonstrating against the demolition orders issued to the
school that had been built opposite the town hall/school, is empty. The building is closed and locked.
We meet our friend Musa at his home to buy more olive oil. This year’s harvest was meager; he said it
was because there wasn’t much rain in February and March.
Demonstrators occupy the shelter each evening. On Friday, November 2, they plan a large
demonstration at 11 AM there against demolishing the school and paving a new road on their land.
Israeli Knesset members have been invited, in addition to the Palestinians, as well as all their supporters,
of course.
When his daughter, who’s six, was nine months old she contracted meningitis, underwent a number of
operations, and is scheduled for another at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv. It costs $14,000. The Palestinian
Authority will pay 60% of the cost; the family must cover the remainder. “Even if I sell the house I won’t
have enough money for the operation,” Musa says.
11:35 Khirbet Asla – We meet a pleasant elderly man who speaks fluent Hebrew. He tells us he worked
in Nelo’s Roumanian restaurant in Jaffa for 27 years. “How are things?,” we ask. “Thank God,” he
replies.
We continue north through Khirbet Sir
11:50 Jayyous – M. tells us soldiers keep coming by day and by night, and the children keep throwing
rocks at them. The occupation routine.
12:15 – Kafr Abush – The army comes at night from time to time. In the morning, at the Tulkarm
crossing, the army pulls drivers from their vehicles and detains them for many hours, making them late
for work.
12:45 Kafr Sur – We’re happy to meet a student studying engineering in Tulkarm who speaks a little
English. A few weeks ago the army entered the village and searched seven homes; they also set off
flares. He offers to take us around the village, proudly shows us the old site where the first residents
settled one hundred years ago where there’s still a tab’u – a traditional oven – and a place where they
made oil.
We stop to view Sla’it; the security road winds on our left.
Sla’it’s is astoundingly close to Kafr Sur. It’s lands are located beyond Sla’it. Some residents of the
village didn’t receive permits for the harvest; they’re forced to leave the olives on the trees (our host
doesn’t know exactly how many).
We turn south to Azzun and return to Highway 55.
13:40 – Habla – The gate is open; no lines at the crossings.
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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Jayyus North (935)
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