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Habla, Imatin

Place: Habla Imatin
Observers: Sarah H., Nurit P. (reporting)
Feb-26-2014
| Morning

Translation: Tal H.

9:45 Road 55 close to Izbat Tabib, an army staff car seen parked at the roadside.

10:00 Imatin

part of the older students were already waiting. Ten women came, three of them new to the class. Three of the older and constant students did not come for health reasons. It was difficult to integrate the newcomers because the older students wanted to get ahead. We decided I would give a normal class. We conversed, using expressions of belonging. Then I began to teach verbs in the past tense.

When some of the women began their yoga practice, I sat with the new members of the class, young women with impressive potential and a strong will to learn the language. In a single hour they tried to ingest the material of several sessions. Two more young women joined themone of whom already very familiar with the material we have covered so far. Her presence was very helpful. The young women were visibly glad to have this opportunity to learn Hebrew.

13:00 Habla Checkpoint opened on time, no special pressure. Several people were waiting nearby

 

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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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  • Imatin

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    • Imatin This village lies in the West Bank, 19 kilometers southwest of Nablus city and 23 kilometers east of the city of Qalqiliya. Its inhabitants' number 799, all members of four families from the neighboring village of Imatin. Far’ata is identified with the Biblical Far’atoun, and an archeological survey has identified findings on a timeline from the Second Iron Age until the days of the Ottoman Empire. After the Oslo Accords, the built-up area of the village was categorized as Area B, but 80% of its farmlands were classified as Area C. In 2002, settlers founded the outpost of Havat Gil’ad, which they claim is located on privately-owned land purchased by the Zar family. The Palestinians claim they own the land. The Civil Administration has issued demolition orders for all the structures in this outpost and they were declared illegal, but nothing was done about it. On February 4, 2018, the Israeli government unanimously ruled to regulate this outpost by defining it as a new settlement or by erecting a new settlement next to it. Beginning in 2012, the Palestinian Authority ruled to include Far’ata in the local council of Imatin, a larger community. For further information: http://vprofile.arij.org/qalqiliya/pdfs/vprofile/immatin_vp_en.pdf +-  
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