Habla
As we were getting out of the car, one of the people leaving Habla said to us: “The officer is drinking chocolate milk; she lets one person through at a time. She doesn’t care.”
A few minutes later another man says: “Where can I go to convert to Judaism? To be Jewish, or British…just not a Palestinian Arab. Phooey,” and raises his eyes heavenward.
Between the time the checkpoint opened (on time, at 06:30) and the time it closed at 07:51, people and cars crossed in both directions, including the teachers’ bus, which returned to Habla a few minutes later carrying pupils.
At 07:52 a car arrived from Habla. A man emerges, hurries to the closing gate, and asks to be let through. “Everything’s closed,” says the soldier. He keeps asking and she finishes shutting down while imparting a lesson: “Show up on time!”
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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