Ar-Ras, Jubara (Kafriat), Thu 10.7.08, Afternoon

Place:

Jubara (Kafriat)

Ar-Ras

Tags:

Detainees

Seam Zone

Observers:

Dafna B., Yuf'at D. (reporting), Translation: Galia S.

Jul-10-2008

Afternoon

The Schoolchildren's Gate checkpoint

14:19 – Right now 2 cars are being checked. The soldiers check ID cards and the trunks of the cars. The soldier asks to see our ID cards and checks to see if we are allowed to pass to Ar-Ras. We continue on our way.

Ar-Ras checkpoint

Seven cars that have come from the direction of Ar-Ras and the same number of cars from the direction of Tulkarm are at the checkpoint. The soldiers ask the people they check where they are heading. Two youths arrive on a motorcycle. "Is it your bike?" the soldiers ask one of them, and "who is this guy?" they ask pointing at the passenger. The road is rough and the drivers maneuver with one wheel on the road and another on the earth. One truck is checked for ten minutes. The soldiers' behavior is condescending.

The Schoolchildren's Gate checkpoint

Two detainees info-icon are sitting on the ground because they have returned from Israel where they went to look for work, which they did without having the occupiers' permit. Their documents are being checked.

The two detainees are a 22-year-old guy and an elderly woman aged 70. It's hard to find work in Palestine. Among other things, the movement restrictions are to blame and also the checkpoints that Israel erects which prevents any existence of a proper Palestinian economy. "What kind of life is it", asks the young man. When I ask him about his work, he says, "I work as a remodeling labourer. What else can I do?"

Location Description

Ar-Ras (The Children) Checkpoint

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on Tulkarm-Qalqiliya road (574), east of Hirbet Jubara. Intended for residents travelling to and from Tulkarm, so they should not cross apartheid road 557 (only permissible for settlers).

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.