Habla Checkpoint (1393)
Habla Checkpoint
Opening Hours: 6:00-7:30
6:00: The gate was closed, no military presence, no one at “our” side of the seam. At the Habla side there were many people waiting and talking. We noticed changes in the area: trees had been cut down across from the container, which had been erected for the benefit of those waiting to cross over to Habla. Someone had laid down some tree stumps and thick branches along the side of the traffic lane in order to prevent parking of vehicles there.
6:10: Soldiers arrived.
6:17: Checking of documents began.
6:20: The first group of five emerged from the CP. ‘Abd, the proprietor of the nursery, supervised the exit from Habla. All was in order and people passed through rapidly on their way to work. Some 200 persons passed through, more than ten bikes, some donkey- or horse- drawn carts, seven cars and the same number of pickups and trucks. Wheeled vehicles (including bikes) are to be left on the Habla side, then one proceeds for a document check, magnometer, presentation of the ID to the soldier, returns to the Habla side and retrieves his vehicle. Then back to the soldier who returns the ID. The procedure worked peacefully with the single exception of a cyclist who rebelled and declined to leave his ID with the soldiers. Finally, he gave in and continued on his way to work.
At around 7:30 the soldiers hastened to check documents near the exit gate as well. A soldier shut the gate but reopened it as two cars had approached from Habla on their way into the seam area.
7:45: All had passed through and the gates were finally closed.
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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