Tour of the agricultural checkpoints in the central area
Agricultural gate Mas’ha 1649 (Hani Gate). There were no laborers in the area this time but the work, apparently connected with the waterworks, is progressing. It’s necessary to walk a long way on the path alongside the fence in order to view the Etz Efrayim settlement in the valley below Sigiriya, the expansion of its built-up area and the excavation of the hill to the north.
We drove alongside the huge wall to the Oranit 4 gate, and on the security road to Beit Amin 1447, in order to become familiar with it. After going past greenhouses and the plant nursery near Kafr Qassem we returned via Highway 5 to Highway 444, to Habla 1493. We stopped in ‘Azzun for a brief meeting with Z., in the street.
We continued via Jayus and Kafr Jamal and reached Falamiya north 914 just after 13:30. The checkpoint was already closed but about five cars were parked on the roadside. A group of Palestinians in the garden of the pumping station said that they’d all crossed already. Two of them were blacklisted. They’d already contacted Sylvia but hadn’t yet received a reply. We took the details of one who the court in Salem had blacklisted in August 2020, at the request of the police, for a period of three years. As best we could understand from what he said, he was in Huwwara during the Covid closure. (That reminds me: our friend H. from Burin was met in the fields near Huwwara by someone who tried to expel or fine her because of the coronavirus).
We found the gate open at Jayus North 935, and a white car with Israeli license plates. Four soldiers exited when they saw us and approached. One, not at all young, asked whether we’re from Machsom Watch, the route by which we’d arrived, and said we’re not allowed to be there. For our safety. He wanted to be sure we hadn’t been in Area A.
We ran into many traffic jams on our way back to Tel Aviv.
Beit Amin South / Abu Salman (1447)
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Beit Amin South / Abu Salman (1447) An agricultural checkpoint in the village of Abu Salman, which opens three times a day and is used by the farmers of Beit Amin and Abu Salman, and since the nearby gate has been inactive, also residents of 'Azzun' Atma, to reach their lands in the seamline zone adjacent to the settlement of Oranit.
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Falamiya North (914)
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Falamiya North (914) Opens 3 times a day for about 40 minutes each time. This checkpoint has extremely important for all farmers in the area since the previous, Falamya checkpoint opening routine of continuously open for 12 hours has been discontinued. This took place after the separation fence was moved westward following the High Court of Justice.
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Falamiya South (935)
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Habla CP (1393)
The Habla checkpoint (1393) was established on the lands of the residents of Qalqilya, on the short road that
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).
There is a passage under Road 55 that connects Qalqilya to the sabotage This agricultural barrier is used by the farmers and nursery owners established along Road 55 from the Green Line and on both sides of the kurkar road leading to the checkpoint.
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.Ronit Dahan-RamatiApr-25-2025Habla Checkpoint: system of gates
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Mas'ha / Hani’s Home
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Mas'ha / Hani’s Home
Hani's home enclaved between the separaion wall and the fence of Elkana settlement
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Oranit CP (1474)
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Oranit CP (1474) Oranit Checkpoint (4) (formerly 1474) An agricultural checkpoint in the separation wall serves the farmers of 'Azzun' Atma, whose land is in the seam zone near Oranit. Since the construction of the new wall in 2013. Was opened 3 times a day. Since 2018, the army has refused to open it except during the olive harvest. Since 2018, it has been opened only during the olive harvest and the farmers have to pass daily at the Beit Amin / Abu Salman checkpoint (1447). Fein Report from March 24, 2021: "The farmers from Beit Amin and Azzun Atma are happy that since last month the checkpoint has been open 3 times a day, at 6 in the morning, at 1 in the afternoon and at 4 in the afternoon. The farmers are really developing the place. "
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