Jubara (Kafriat), Tue 2.10.07, Afternoon

Place:

Jubara (Kafriat)

Observers:

Amit Y., Zehava G. (reporting); Translation: Galia S.

Oct-2-2007

Afternoon

Today is the day they went up to "Homesh" [Homesh is a settlement that has been evacuated according to a government decision and subject to repeated, unauthorized attempts to resettle it]. Many soldiers and policemen were standing at all the checkpoints, all the junctions and also along the roads. We were not stopped at all of them. However, we didn't get to the checkpoints we wanted to.

The border checkpoint at Jubara

13:00 – The policeman showed us the command of brigadier-general Noam Tavor, who had determined the area a military zone from 31.9.07 to 3.10.07, 24:00. We were forbidden to go on in any direction although we explained again and again that there was no chance we would want to get to Homesh.

On our way back toward Tayibe we saw a bush fire close to an olive grove. We called the police and, to our surprise, the fire brigade responded immediately and asked for the exact location of the fire. The Shave Shomron fire brigade contacted us too.

13:50 – We managed to pass "Eliyahu" checkpoint. West of the village Funduq, policemen stopped a Palestinian whose car was standing across the road. We had no idea whether he had tried to make a turn and was held up because of that, but on our way back we saw him sitting handcuffed beside the road.

All along the road many police cars were standing and going out we were not stopped.

Location Description

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.