Habla (1393), Eliyahu crossing: hard-hearted soldiers
The checkpoint functions rapidly, but at the last moment as the soldiers begin to close it Palestinians arrive and wish to cross it, but the soldiers’ hearts are closed and no one crosses any more.
Habla checkpoint: As we came at 1:30 p.m., one person is waiting. At 1:40 soldiers, the checkpoint opened, and soon the waiting line grew and over 50 people crossed on their way home from work at the nurseries in the seam zone towards Habla and further away. Going home they were not inspected. On the Habla side as well pedestrians await to cross towards the nurseries. They are inspected in a bungalow that had not been in use for a few years and must have now returned, used very slowly. Movement is very slow now. For some reason, pedestrians go back freely, whereas cars headed for Habla are waiting. Why? God only knows. The inefficiency and lack of consideration are remarkable.
1:55 p.m. – two pedestrians arrive from Habla after the soldiers came out of the bungalow and began to let the vehicles through, and they are not willing to let the pedestrians through although the gate is open and trucks are still crossing. Another two pedestrians arrive from the seam zone and they too are refused. The soldiers are brutally following orders. Just like that. Stone hearts.
The Eliyahu Checkpoint junction: we came to see if and whether Palestinians are taken off buses here and they are not allowed to continue into Palestine.
Indeed, bus no. 81 arrived and many passengers disembarked. They all continue to walk quickly to the checkpoint. One woman passenger told us that they are not allowed to continue on the bus. Even if they just want to go to Azzun they have to disembark, cross the checkpoint on foot and continue with a Palestinian cab. The next bus passing here is due in another 40 minutes. Two buses that cross here come from Kfar Saba and Ra’anana. There was also a bus that came and turned around, before entering the checkpoint. Everyone disembarked. It is a special bus driving to the checkpoint from Kfar Saba, and only Palestinians ride it.
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 CP (1393)
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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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