Roadblocks
Roadblocks, Wednesday, 28.9.05, AM Observers: Inbal R., Rina Z. (reporting)Summary: Strict checking at the checkpoint, many army vehicles on the road but few Palestinian vehicles on those same roads, arriving at Beit Iba checkpoint. There is encirclement around Tulkarm and Anabta, including pedestrians that are not allowed to go south. There are not many people at the checkpoint, because they can’t get there.The Road to Beit Iba and Anabta7:15 AM- Road number 57 on the way from Jubara to Beit Iba, is empty of cars. Everything looks deserted. Only by Ramin we see two taxis waiting for passengers.Later on, by Beit Iba checkpoint, we hear stories from taxi drivers and their passengers about the reason for the deserted roads: Tulkarm is almost totally closed and so is Anabta village. There is no exit south from the village, not even on foot. There is a permanent “flying” checkpoint north of the metal arm by Enav settlement, blocking all the traffic going south. A young woman from Anbata tells us how she reached the Beit Iba checkpoint: she walked on the back road to the village of Ramin, from there she went down the hill and took a taxi. A ride that usually takes 15 minutes, took about an hour.10:15- On the way back from Beit Iba we did not see any taxis waiting at Ramin, maybe because of the military presence on the road. We stopped before the Anabta metal gate. There was only one taxi waiting, no pedestrians, and no cars. Here too we heard about the encirclement around Anbata and Tulkarm from a driver.
Beit Iba
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A perimeter checkpoint west of the city of Nablus. Operated from 2001 to 2009 as one of the four permanent checkpoints closing on Nablus: Beit Furik and Awarta to the east and Hawara to the south. A pedestrian-only checkpoint, where MachsomWatch volunteers were present daily for several hours in the morning and afternoon to document the thousands of Palestinians waiting for hours in long queues with no shelter in the heat or rain, to leave the district city for anywhere else in the West Bank. From March 2009, as part of the easing of the Palestinian movement in the West Bank, it was abolished, without a trace, and without any adverse change in the security situation.
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