Ar-Ras, Jubara (Kafriat), Wed 7.11.07, Afternoon

Place:

Jubara (Kafriat)

Ar-Ras

Observers:

Sarah P. Tammie C. Natanya translating

Nov-7-2007

Afternoon

Jubara

14.20 We got to the Taana (Jubara) crossing where the new soldiers did not know exactly who we were. We entered the village. We saw how a sick man in an ambulance came to the gate which leaves the checkpoint and it turns out that through Tulkarm there is a back to back transfer to a bus which arrived from Jaljulia probably for treatment in Israel. We went through straight to A-Ras where a change of shift was taking place quickly and the soldiers immediately began their work of passing cars through and the cars entering were not checked at all in the 15 minutes that we were there.

Ar Ras

16.20 We found the taxi drivers happy that they were being allowed to stand at the entrance to the road leading to the checkpoint ( but in the meantime I have been busy trying to get them back to the same point as they informed as that they had been chased away and so far I have not succeeded.) The soldiers received us politely and said that there were no limitations and we soon left.

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.