Falamiya, Habla, Wed 6.11.13, Morning
10:00 We arrived at the Nabi Elias club. Three women awaited us; soon seven more showed up. The coordinator, a pregnant young woman, had been hospitalized this morning.
Rivka began teaching the women to make furniture from carton (small pieces at first), using materials she’d brought with her. The women enjoyed themselves very much and devoted themselves willingly to the task. They’ll continue next week.
The group of young women didn’t come this week either but they asked to begin learning English. We arranged to start next week.
Saraleh joined Rivka to help her; Dafna and Dvorka took a short tour with Nadim.
11:00 Falamya. The gate is open, the soldiers relaxed, maybe even bored; they politely allow a Palestinian in a car to cross.
13:05 Habla. After finishing in Nabi Elias we drove to the Habla checkpoint. The gate was open when we arrived (in accordance with the new hours). People crossed in both directions without delays or difficulty. The soldiers behaved toward the Palestinians and to us very differently from the way they had behaved last week. It’s clear there’d been a reshuffle; I wonder whether anyone follows up on these changes…
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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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