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Habla, Te’enim Crossing, Sun 15.8.10, Morning

Observers: Orit D., Yael S. (reporting), Translator: Judith G.
Aug-15-2010
| Morning


 06:35   Habla The soldiers arrived at the same time as us and began their procedure for opening the gates. 

06:45 They began to let people through in three's.

 06:50 The first set of three exited on their way. 

06:52 Another 3 came out.  By  07:00, 10 people had passed through.

 


07:20
  Jayyus The gate was still closed, we met Miriam "the Ecomaniac", whom we knew  from previous visits

 
07:28 The military command car arrived and the gate opened.  Three vehicles and tractors went by.  The first young man who went through complained that the soldier didn't greet him with "good morning" but "treated us like dogs."

 08:10  Palamia A horse and wagon, with a father and son riding them, passed through the gate to their guava orchard.  They approached the gray building and knocked on the doors until someone took the trouble to open for them.  Three minutes later, they were on their way;and the soldiers also began to show signs of life and went out. We continued on our way to Azbad.  We took a hitchhiker who used to work at Tnuva and today works in the Palestinian equivalent "Aziza", which is in Kfar Tzur. We traveled along the main road to Aras and Jabara.  The former childrens' gate is now exactly like the rest of the gates:  fences, a gray building, another shack for waiting.  My plan was to continue to Shufa.  But I decided to check whether the soldiers would allow me to pass through Kfar Jabara.  The answer was "blue IDs can't go through".  In fact, why?  We are just Israelis who want to enter Israel.

 We returned to the car and, to our surprise, the soldier called to us and told us that we could go through and that he would even announce to the patrol that they should come and open the gate on the other side for us.

 09:00 We arrived at the gate on the other side of the village.  A soldier from the Te’enim passage approached us and told us that within 10 minutes the patrol would come and open the gate for us.  After a few minutes, the soldier returned and asked our pardon, because there would be a delay and that we had permission to travel along the road alongside the fence. 

We returned to the childrens' gate and went on to the excellent road which goes along the fence and in this way bypassed the village and went out the Te’enim passage on our way home. 

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      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).
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      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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    • 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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