Huwwara
Huwwara, Thursday 27.7.2006, PMObservers: Yardena T. Shoshana Z. Tal B. (reporting)Natanya translating.14.50 -At the crossroads of Za’atra 10 cars.15.00 Huwwarra. About 60 people. A family from Saudi Arabis war waiting for a son whom the soldiers have sent back to Nablus. The army spoke to a military policeman and he took the son out. In the isolation are two young men, AYub and Muhamed. AYub says he has cancer and we spoke to the humanitarian center who told us “he has many complaints against him” and that he will be taken for investigation. They could not locate Muhamed who had forgotten his id number. The checking is very slow .Two detainees manage to tear off he bandage on their eyes and to exit the cell. One of them demands to speak to captain R. of the GSS . He is returned to the cell. Ayub’s aunt with a baby stays near him the whole time. Both detainees according to the secret service are security prevented. Another woman waited for his husband more than an hour. People say they have been two hours in line. The same goes for the car lane. Those aged 16-35 from Nablus are not allowed through. Also from Jenin and Tulkarm …segregation. The District Commissioner’s Office says that they also cannot go south.A. A. L. waits a long time for the return of the id and says that he tried to bypass the checkpoint and therefore is was taken from him by the commander T. The There has been a change of shit and the commander went off and forgot to return it and no one has a solution. The DCO representative says it is on the way and after a long wait he got it back.17.45 -The two dangerous young men who are security risks are sent back to Nablus. They were there since 13.40, The checkpoint empties.
Huwwara
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The Huwwara checkpoint is an internal checkpoint south of the city of Nablus, at the intersection of Roads 60 and 5077 (between the settlements of Bracha and Itamar). This checkpoint was one of the four permanent checkpoints that closed on Nablus (Beit Furik and Awarta checkpoints to the east and the Beit Iba checkpoint to the west). It was a pedestrian-only barrier. As MachsomWatch volunteers, we watched therre since 2001 two shifts a day - morning and noon, the thousands of Palestinians leaving Nablus and waiting for hours in queues to reach anywhere else in the West Bank, from the other side of the checkpoint the destination could only be reached by public transport. In early June 2009, as part of the easing of Palestinian traffic in the West Bank, the checkpoint was opened to vehicular traffic. The passage was free, with occasional military presence in the guard tower. Also, there were vehicle inspections from time to time. Since the massacre on 7.10.2023, the checkpoint has been closed to Palestinians.
On February 26, 2023, about 400 settlers attacked the town's residents for 5 hours and set fire to property, such as houses and cars. Disturbances occurred in response to a shooting of two Jewish residents of Har Bracha by a Palestinian Terrorist. The soldiers stationed in the town did not prevent the arson and rescued Palestinian families from their homes only after they were set on fire. No one was punished and Finance Minister Smotrich stated that "the State of Israel should wipe out Hawara." Left and center organizations organized solidarity demonstrations and support actions for the residents of Hawara.Hawara continued to be in the headlines in all the months that followed: more pogroms by the settlers, attacks by Palestinians and a massive presence of the army in the town. It amounted to a de facto curfew of commerce and life in the center of the city. On October 5, 2023, MK Zvi established a Sukkah in the center of Hawara and hundreds of settlers backed the army blocked the main road and held prayers in the heart of the town all night and the next day. On Saturday, October 7, 23 The "Swords of Iron" war began with an attack by Hamas on settlements surrounding Gaza in the face of a poor presence of the IDF. Much criticism has been made of the withdrawal of military forces from the area surrounding Gaza and their placement in the West Bank, and in the Hawara and Samaria region in particular, as a shield for the settlers who were taking over and rioting.
On November 12, 2023, the first section of the Hawara bypass road intended for Israeli traffic only was opened. In this way, the settlers can bypass the road that goes through the center of Hawara, which is the main artery for traffic from the Nablus area to Ramallah and the south of the West Bank. For the construction of the road, the Civil Administration expropriated 406 dunams of private land belonging to Palestinians from the nearby villages. The settlers are not satisfied with this at the moment, and demand to also travel through Hawara itself in order to demonstrate presence and control.(updated November 2023)
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