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Habla

Place: Habla
Observers: Ruti Kedar, Nura Resh, Hanna Aviram (reporting), Maya B.H. (translation)
Jan-06-2016
| Morning

 

Habla:
06:00.  Gate is open, but still no one crossing.  Two minutes later passage begins, and by 6:09 the first quintet has gone through.
The queue is shorter than usual.  Every 2 minutes a quintet advances. Anyone carrying anything has to empty the contents on the counter of the checkpoint for inspection.  A youth whose head was covered by his hood had to return and be checked again.
 
Around 6:30 carts pass in both directions.
 
07:00.  After a lull of several moments, about 20-30 people arrive. Vehicles wait on the sidelines.
 
07:13.  The van carrying teachers waits while they are checked.
07:25.  No one waiting any longer.
 
We leave so we can make it in time to the next point.  Just then, 7:29, the van with schoolchildren arrives.  The driver is tense, wondering if he will make it in time.

Abu Salman (Beit Amin):

 
07:53.  Dozens of people on the main road, after having passed the barrier separating them from their fields.  They have a long, winding uphill road still ahead.
 
A Palestinian vehicle arrives, and more people crowd inside than there are seats.  Another vehicle picks up those who have begun the climb.  The driver makes a point of telling us he is taking the passengers free of charge, to help them out.
 
People tell us that they come from all over:  Azzun Atma, Siniruya, Abu Salman, and more.  They cultivate hyssop, olives, and some vegetables.
 
The soldiers photograph us.
 
08:10.  Nobody waiting, and the soldiers lock up the yellow metal arm that prevents passage.
 

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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.

       

      Habla. The gate is open for vehicle crossing
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      Habla. The gate is open for vehicle crossing
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