Hamra, Tayasir, Tue 27.9.11, Afternoon
13:20-15:30
13:20 Bezeq CP– We went though.
It is hot!!!! It is dry!!!
The shoveldozer is still parked in the middle path.
13:40: Hamra
here are many planes, three ofthem passed very low to the east of the CP.
Traffic is thin. Cars with workers are going west. Private taxis leave for the east. A Palestinian truck with packages of fruits and vegetable familiar from Israel goes through. A driver comes to pick up his wife; in the meantime he tells us that "today the CP is ok. There are ups and downs, but today it's ok."
A sergeant and an additional soldier walk over to us: "You are from ???? (apparently forgot) women watch (remembers). You don't have to be afraid." He finds out if we know the rules. This time, too, the rules we know are different from those he knows. "Stand there …. Stand behind the concrete hut …." We ask about the knives that he and his colleagues have attached to their feet. Naively and proudly he tells us that the knife is obligatory for every soldier in the engineering corps because the general says that this is the way we show that we are in the corps". They call it 'kalach', short for kalachnikov, or 'storm knife'. He didn't agree for us to take a picture of the foot with the knife (for that there has to be a permit from the commander). "There are instructions from the colonel to freeze the CP if the women of the Watch do not stand behind the concrete hut — there. It seemed as if he would not go against the colonel's instructions, so we went to observe on the other side of the road. The sun's rays were especially strong, many people were waiting at the western entrance of the CP, so it wouldn't have been right to let him 'freeze' the CP. The passage was quick. People greeted us, speaking, shaking hands, waving from the windows of the cars.
14:20All of them went through. We left.
The Alon Road: A blue tent or shed was added from the Maskiyot settlement. It is hard to see exactly what it is from the road.
14:45 Tyasir CP
Lots of squills are blooming on the hills and around the base. A midibus arrives at the CP. They give him a sign to advance, to stop. And then all the passengers get out. This time, they are put in a line at the side of the road. One by one they approach the soldier, receive their ID and get back on to the midibus. When a smaller minibus arrives, the ritual of returning the IDs is carried out through the windows. The traffic is thin
15:15. We left.
15:50: Bezeq CP– we went through.
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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Tayasir CP
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Located on road 5799, It is one of the checkpoints control the passage between the northern West Bank and the Jordan Valley. For a long time, it stood empty and open, with only a sign next to it warning against entering Area A. It was adjacent to an old military camp - now everything is neglected. How much money was invested here, and how much brainwashing was done to the soldiers of Netzah Yehuda and Kfir.
Today, it is very difficult to pass there. Many delays. Often, teachers from Tubas are not allowed to pass into the Valley to villages like Ein al-Bida where the local schools are located, and there are no classes. There are additional days when the checkpoint is closed. In general, there is a wait there of about two to four hours to go towards the Valley and also to return. Many times the Palestinians are forced to use the Hamra checkpoint, which also leads into Tubas and the West Bank, but there is also a huge queue there and a long wait.
Following a deadly attack on soldiers at the nearby base in February 2025, the checkpoint was completely closed for the time being. (Updated March 2025)
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