Eyal Crossing, Eliyahu Crossing, Habla, Ras ‘Atiya, Sun 7.2.10, Morning
Translator: Louise L.
5.00
Eyal – It’s very cold…Maybe the coldest night so far. The workers who have already passed gather around improvised fires.
We approach the fence. Immediately a security guard arrives followed by 3 “bosses”. One of them is very aggressive. Screaming and threatening us he claims that it has been agreed that the women from Machsomwatch will not enter the gate leading to the fence. On the gate it says ”Permit Holders Only”. When we mention the non-existence of shelter from the rain, the answer is that the Palestinians are responsible for their side of the fence. Regarding our side, a request for the required budget has been submitted.
When we arrive we speak with Sophie. Until five o’clock 1800 people have entered the terminal. The first workers coming out say that the time of the checking is reasonable. One worker brings us a note from Sophie showing that he entered the checking at 4.45, and now it’s 5.30. In order to be on time for work he arrived at the checkpoint at 3.30.
One man comes to us concerning his 19-year-old son, who doesn’t get a work permit. Nura will connect him to Silvy.
6.10
Sophie informs us that 3400 workers have entered for checking. There is a line still and people keep arriving.
7.00
Eliyahu – There are still 70 workers waiting in line. 2 soldiers, taking their time, are checking. The procedure is very slow. Each time 2 people enter, so the checking will take more than an hour. All the workers here are on their way to Alfei Menashe.
7.30
Ras Attiya – Many children are walking to school. A bus with Bedouin children living close to Alfei Menashe arrives. A soldier enters the bus and immediately lets it through.
8.15
Hable – an agricultural gate that is open at certain hours. The moment we arrive it is being closed. At the last moment a man runs through the gate to work his land that has been closed in by a fence.
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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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.
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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.
Nina SebaAug-18-2025Habla: The gate is in the process of closing
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Ras 'Atiya
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The checkpoint is presently on the Separation Barrier roadway, manned and open 12 hours a day, from 6:30 to 18:30. West of it is the large Seam Line village whose school is attended by children from the nearby villages east of the Barrier and many of whose inhabitants have permits to work in Israel. How long this checkpoint will remain in place is unknown, since construction of the Separation Wall, just by the settlement of Alfe Menashe, east of the present Separation Barrier, is endless, as is the creation of a new road and, obviously, a new checkpoint.
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