Eliyahu Crossing, Habla, Wed 11.5.11, Morning
11 May 2011
Translation: Suzanne O.
Habla agricultural gate no. 1393
7:20 a.m.
The gate is open and there is a military Hummer jeep there with 3 soldiers. Labourers cross five at a time after being inspected. A tractor, one donkey and cart, one horse and cart and a pickup truck from the Alfideus Nursery, stacked high with plants, all cross.
7:50 a.m.
In the direction of Jayus, at the Alfei Menasheh junction, there are two policemen directing the traffic to the settlement. A military jeep at the side of the road observes the road.
Eliyahu Crossing
There are 10 people waiting to cross, the traffic of cars in the direction of Israel passes by Nebi Elias and Izbat Tabib on the internal road, the infrastructure for building the fence is ready.
Azzun
The gate is open.
On the way to Falamiya a wide road is being laid beside the security road.
Falamiya Gate
8:00 a.m.
Is open. 6 soldiers staff the crossing and one is in the position. A pickup truck loaded up with crates crosses in the direction of the agricultural areas, a cart with plastic sacks on it is stopped by two soldiers who order the driver to unload the contents for inspection. He re-loads and crosses.
A car crosses in the direction of Jayus and the driver is inspected in the building at the side of which a jeep is parked.
Falamiya
8:30 a.m.
We cross the village, all is quiet.
Kafr Jammal
In the grocery shop we are shown a document from the UN regarding reparations for lands taken from the local inhabitants to build the dividing fence. The document contains details of land owners who inherited the land from their parents and their sister.
9:10 a.m.
On the way back we cross through the open exit gate from Jayus. The lookout tower overlooks Azzun.
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.
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