Habla Checkpoint (1393)
07:00, but the checkpoint hasn’t opened yet. A manned military vehicle already stood on the road from the plant nurseries to the checkpoint, near the closed gate. The vehicle will still remain there after the checkpoint closes and one of the soldiers stands armed outside the vehicle and watches those coming from Habla.
Palestinians wait beyond the fences and closed gates to start their workday.
It turns out the road between the fences separating Habla from the plant nurseries and the fields belonging to residents of Habla and Qalqiliya has turned into a bike path for Israelis decked out head to toe in the latest cycling gear – clothing and equipment. Two cyclists rode back and forth as if it had been intended as a training route…
07:06 The MP vehicle arrived and the soldiers who are supposed to open the checkpoint wait until the end of the song playing on the vehicle’s radio – ironic, because the song is “Tomorrow, when the army doffs its uniforms…none of that’s a dream…” (True, the song doesn’t contain the word “peace,” much less mention the end of the occupation…).
07:11 They open the gate. The soldier says that 07:10 is the scheduled time (Because it’s the olive harvest season there are more gates to open. This is already their third this morning. It’s scheduled to close at 08:10).
07:15 The teachers’ bus arrives. One of the passengers holds all the documents and goes to the inspection booth. The bus will drive off at 07:20.
07:17 The first people come through inspection and walk toward the plant nurseries and to the fields.
As has already been reported in the past, merchandise for the plant nurseries is not allowed to leave via Habla. We saw a few grocery items in some vehicles.
07:48 The pupils’ bus enters Habla.
08:03 The last people being inspected come out, a soldier sweeps the ground between the gates and the checkpoint closes.
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.
Nina SebaAug-18-2025Habla: The gate is in the process of closing
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