Habla - Only at 7:20 do the checkpoint open
“Since the PA resumed coordination with Israel, the Border Police have begun showing up here again,” A. told us.
When we arrived at 07:03, a Border Police and an army vehicle stood near the plant nurseries, besides some Palestinian men. A few minutes later a Border Police vehicle arrived at the checkpoint but it wasn’t yet operating. Meanwhile, men and women waited to cross on the Habla side of the gate, their number continually increasing.
07:14 – A military vehicle arrives. Soldiers get out but open the checkpoint only at 07:20. People hurry, of course, through the lane between the fences leading to the inspection room, crowding together, and a female soldier berates them, yelling “slowly, slowly.”
07:26 – The teachers’ vehicle leaves Habla.
Some leave Habla and return a few minutes later. When they leave they’re required to leave their ID card at the guard post; they collect it when they return.
At 08:08 the gate from Habla closes, but people are allowed to cross on foot through a gap in the fence.
“Closing time is 08:15” the driver of a vehicle loaded with plants cries to the soldiers. They open and allow him through.
08:19 – The gate closes for good and two people on foot are sent back.
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.
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