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Habla, Irtah (Sha’ar Efrayim), Te’enim Crossing, Mon 25.10.10, Afternoon

Observers: Elisheva A., Bilha A., Yona A
Oct-25-2010
| Afternoon

 

 

13:30 Habla –

The gate is open. Two Palestinian youngsters pass next to us while we leave the car, and ask us smilingly "do you need help? Anything?". Pedestrians pass the gate in the direction of Israel, as well as wagon-drivers  who transport vegetables in carts hitched to horses, and cars. The soldiers at the gate check the papers of the car and wagon drivers but send the pedestrians to be checked in a building on the side. One of the pedestrians comes out and asks: "where is Dalia?"

 

14:00 Palama

–  we entered the village of Azoun, passed through Gyius and reached Palama. We are told that the gate here is open permanently. The gate was indeed open, and soldiers sat and drank there, but we didn't see any Palestinians passing through the gate.

 

This is the olive harvest season. In the afternoon we didn't see the harvesters, but the olive oil smell accompanied us all the time, in addition to the smell of the Za'atar which grown in well-groomed fields.

 

14:30 The Fig Passage –

The soldier at the gate makes Nadim talk, hears the accent and begins to investigate him: "where are you from?" The soldiers requests to see Nadim's ID card. Then he turns to us, asks us where we are from and  waves us on.

 

15:00 Irtah – 

Few people arrive at the CP from the direction of Israel and disappear in the building.

  • 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.

       

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  • Irtah (Sha'ar Efrayim)

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    • The checkpoint is for Palestinians only. It is the main barrier to the passage of workers from the northern West Bank to Israel. Workers with a permit to work in Israel and also for trade (with appropriate permissions), medicine, and visiting prisoners. One can cross the checkpoint only on foot. The checkpoint is located north of Road 557 and south of Tulkarm. Operated by a civil security company, opening hours: between 4:00 and 19:00 on weekdays. As members of Machsom Watch, we began our shifts to this location in 2007. We arrived before it opened at 4 in the morning and report since, on the harsh conditions and the long and crowded queues of workers. The workers who pass by continue their journey by transportation to work throughout Israel. In the first period of its activity, about 3,000 and then 5,000 people passed through this checkpoint every day. Due to the small number of checking points and arbitrary delays for long periods of time in the "rooms", workers feared losing their transportation. Hence workers leave their homes at 2:30 at night to be among the first. Today, 15,000 pass and the transition is faster. Workers are still leaving their homes very early to get past the checkpoint at 7 p.m. In an adjacent compound, there is a terminal for the transfer of goods on a commercial scale, using the back-to-back method.  
  • Te'enim Crossing

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    • Te'enim Crossing The Figs checkpoint, located on Road 557, east of the Green Line and the Ephraim Checkpoint  (Road 444), is a vehicle crossing, open 24/7 all year round. It serves the Israeli population, including those authorized to enter the Palestinian Authority. The passage of foreigners holding international passports recognized by the State of Israel is approved. In exceptional cases will the passage of a Palestinian be allowed here.  
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