Beit Iba, Jubara (Kafriat), Sun 25.11.07, Morning

Place:

Beit Iba

Jubara (Kafriat)

Observers:

Yael A., Rahel H. (reporting) Trans. Judith Green

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Nov-25-2007

Morning

Beit Iba - 8:40
On the way from Anabta to Beit Iba we saw a worker collecting garbage at the side of the road. How pleasant to see some normal work going on!

At the entrance to Beit Iba there was no line. The many pedestrians passed in both directions very quickly. A taxi driver told us that he had waited in line on the way from Anabta from 6:30-7:40 and, at about 7:00, there was a line of about 100 vehicles. Perhaps it would be a good thing to check the situation earlier in the morning.

At the checkpoint we were happy to meet a group, a man and 2 women, from Switzerland belonging to the program "EAPPI, Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel" from the organization of the World Council of Churches. Members of the organization are from 25-70 years old, from 10 countries. Those we met were part of a group of 25 people who had come to Tulkarm for three months. They go out to the checkpoints three times a week when there are a lot of people; they also do educational and welfare projects. In addition, they visit Israel and the settlements.

A youth who tried to bypass the checkpoint was detained and Yael was told that he would be released after 2 hours of "punishment, even though there were no other charges against him."

9:20 - We left.
There was no line at Jabara.

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.

Beit Iba

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A perimeter checkpoint west of the city of Nablus. Operated from 2001 to 2009 as one of the four permanent checkpoints info-icon closing on Nablus: Beit Furik and Awarta to the east and Hawara to the south. A pedestrian-only checkpoint, where MachsomWatch volunteers were present daily for several hours in the morning and afternoon to document the thousands of Palestinians waiting for hours in long queues with no shelter in the heat or rain, to leave the district city for anywhere else in the West Bank.
From March 2009, as part of the easing of the Palestinian movement in the West Bank, it was abolished, without a trace, and without any adverse change in the security situation.