'Anabta, Jubara (Kafriat), Qalqiliya, Thu 13.8.09, Morning

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Jubara (Kafriat)

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Passage Restrictions

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Shoshanna Z., Nina S. (reporting) Translator: Louise L.

Aug-13-2009

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Morning

7.00 Jubara It takes us 10 minutes to reach Gate 745.

Everybody passing the checkpoint is registered and there are no delays. The soldiers try to move us away and complain about Shoshanna taking pictures (she does not take pictures of them, but they do not know that). In the end they take pictures of us and of my car. An old Arab is sitting on the side next to an improvised cover surrounded by barbed wire. We are unable to find out why, and after 20 minutes we decide to leave.

7.40 Anabta

The cars are passing through without inspection. Once in a while, when a driver is not sure that he is allowed to pass, the soldiers wave to him to drive on.

At Shevut Ami we do not see any people.

Qalqiliya

The cars are driving through without inspection, while the soldiers positioned on the side are watching.

Ras-a-Taiye

The passage is slow. A tractor pulling a wagon with a few building blocks and some cement is being detained at the checkpoint. After some time he turns and drives back to park on the side next to a minibus. In the meantime some villagers keep arguing with the soldiers. The Bedouin living next to the checkpoint explains to us that these are people from the village Hirbet-a-Daba who are not allowed to drive home through the checkpoint. The tractor and its driver have been waiting since yesterday. The driver spent the night sleeping at the checkpoint hoping that in the end they would let him through. Now both drivers are approaching us. They claim that for some reason they are not on the list of people with permission to pass. The soldiers also claim that the few goods the drivers have is for making business. We call the IDF Humanitarian Centre and the District Coordination Office and after 20 minutes a representative from the DCO arrives. During his inquiry he realizes that the driver of the minibus has 15 boxes of vegetables and fruit in his car –which is forbidden! It does not matter that he has a large family in the village and that he wants to bring food from the market to everybody. The chairmen of the local councils have declared who the shop owners in their villages are, and only their cars are permitted to bring in merchandise. The driver of the minibus has a transportation business and does not own a vegetable shop. In the end he loads his goods on a tender with a license and so the problem is solved.

With the help of the DCO officer the tractor driver is let through. Tractors are allowed to pass and just a few building blocks are not considered enough for making business. A minor success, but there is no solution to the problem. And it took two hours to sort the problems out!

Location Description

Anabta checkpoint

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The checkpoint is located south of the village of Anabta, at the intersection of Road 60 (leading to Nablus at the entrance to Area A), with Road (57, 557, 5576) facing west towards the Einav settlement and the checkpoint at the exit from the West Bank - Figs checkpoint.
Until 2010 we used to watch the intersection and report the long columns created due to a slow inspection of the vehicles in both directions.

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Qalqiliya checkpoint

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Qalqilya is surrounded on all sides by the separation barrier. The only exit from the city is in the east of the city on the road that leaves the city in an easterly direction. This is where the checkpoint was located. When the checkpoint was active until 2009 our shifts watched long queues of cars being inspected at the only exit from the city to the West Bank. The checkpoint was canceled, but there is a military presence at the entrance to the city.

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Jubara (Kafriat) Checkpoint

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The Jabra checkpoint was on Road 557, south of Tulkarm, on the side of the Figs Pass, which is located within the Palestinian Authority (a few kilometers east of the Green Line), and serves as an entry barrier from the territories to Israel.

The checkpoint to the village of Jubara, which until 2013 was in the seam area info-icon , blocked and surrounded by a fence, was intended for the passage of the family members of the house next to the checkpoint, and also for the MachsomWatch volunteers (with special permission only), on their way to checkpoint 753. on the other side of the village.

The soldiers supervising the "fig crossing" also supervised the crossing at this checkpoint, in our shifts we often waited a long time until the key was found and the gate opened. The checkpoint was abolished and became part of the separation fence that was moved west following the High Court.