Reihan, Tue 14.6.11, Morning
Reihan Checkpoint 06.40
Vans with vegetables wait for the security checks. We see few people in the checkpoint but all the time more workers keep coming, rushing in, all of them work in eastern Barta`a. In reply to our questions they say "everything is fine"… "All of them okay".
We meet Ali, who returns from a short visit with his family in the west bank. The visit was supposed to strengthen him, now he returns (with us) to the hospital Rmbam in Haifa. He is 11 years old and going through a tough and long medical treatment.
Security guard Maor is very helpful, he let him pass the checkpoint in the car and not on foot. The security ppl examine the documents of Alis mother, examine the things in her bag, and Maor helps all the way, calm and with goodwill. We appreciate it and also pray that poor Ali will get better.
Barta’a-Reihan Checkpoint
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This checkpoint is located on the Separation Fence route, east of the Palestinian town of East Barta’a. The latter is the largest Palestinian community inside the seam-line zone (Barta’a Enclave) in the northern West Bank. Western Barta’a, inside Israel, is adjacent to it. The Checkpoint is open all week from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. Since mid-May 2007, the checkpoint has been managed by a civilian security company subordinate to the Ministry of Defense. People permitted to cross through this checkpoint into and from the West Bank are residents of Palestinian communities inside the Barta’a Enclave as well as West Bank Palestinian residents holding transit permit. Jewish settlers from Hermesh and Mevo Dotan cross here without inspection. A large, modern terminal is active here with 8 windows for document inspection and biometric tests (eyes and fingerprints). Usually only one or two of the 8 windows are in operation. Goods, up to medium commercial size, may pass here from the West Bank into the Barta’a Enclave. A permanent registered group of drives who have been approved by the may pass with farm produce. When the administration of the checkpoint was turned over to a civilian security firm, the Ya’abad-Mevo Dotan Junction became a permanent checkpoint. . It is manned by soldiers who sit in the watchtower and come down at random to inspect vehicles and passengers (February 2020).
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