Hamra, Ma’ale Efrayim, Za’tara (Tapuah), Sat 17.7.10, Afternoon
Natanya translating.
14.00 Za’tara/Tapuach CP. No line and we went on our way after a few minutes.
14.10 Opposite the settlement of Migdalim is an iron bar barrier to Majdal Bani Fadil and it is open.
14.20 Ma'aleh Ephraim CP. There is a soldier in the sentry tower.
14.50 Hamra/Beqaot CP. It is terribly hot. Reservists come to ask who we are. A van waited for 4 women and a man who crossed the checkpoint on foot after their IDs were inspected. Another car passes. A taxi arrive and waits obediently 50 metres away until he gets a signal to go forward. The hand waves after a few minutes and the car passed. They just look at it. A tractor goes through at once and then a bus.
Today the soldiers are really pleasant and do not leave the people to dry out while they wait. It is hot.
We went back and passed through small fields of vegetables belonging to the Bedouin. It is obvious that they have stopped watering them because someone has closed the tap. It breaks one’s heart.
16.00 Za’tara/Tapuach CP. Random quick checks.
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Hamra (Beqaot)
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One of the Jordan Rift Valley checkpoints that prevent direct transit between the West Bank and the Jordan Valley, in addition to Tayasir Checkpoint. Located next to Hamra settlement, on Route 57 and the Allon Road.
Read about the peple of the Jordan Valley and the quiet transfer happening there.
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Ma'ale Efrayim
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Ma'ale Efrayim On the road connecting Route 90 (the Jordan Valley road) to the Allon Road.
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Za'tara (Tapuah)
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Za'tara (Tapuah) Za'tara is an internal checkpoint in the heart of the West Bank, at the intersection of Road 60 and Road 505 (Trans-Samaria), east of the Tapuah settlement. This checkpoint is the "border" marked by the IDF between the north and south of the West Bank, in accordance with the policy of separation between the two parts of the West Bank that has been in place since December 2005. At the Za'tara checkpoint, there are separate routes for Israelis and Palestinians. In the route for Israelis, there are no inspections and the route for Palestinians inspects. The queue lengthens and shortens suits. The checkpoint is open 24 hours a day. The checkpoint is partially staffed and the people who pass through it are checked at random.
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