Anin Checkpoint: Once again, there is no key to the lock at the checkpoint?
The soldiers did not open A’anin Checkpoint this morning because they did not have the key!
15:00 – We drove past Barta’a Checkpoint and were surprised to see an army vehicle parked at the junction between Routes 596 and 585. We stopped at the minimarket that belongs to our friend F. She was fasting today because this is the day that commemorates the Prophet Mohammed’s ascent to heaven.
15:20 – Yaabed Dotan Checkpoint
Traffic was moving in both directions and only the concrete blocks in the middle of the checkpoint hindered it. The soldiers came down from the watchtower. One of them wore a shirt with a logo “Sniper team” which was a bit scary. They were not acquainted with Machsom Watch and were concerned about us. They told us it was dangerous to stand here because who knows what could happen with one of the passing cars? They were reluctant to listen to us. They believed in what they are doing.
We called our friend M. from A’anin to see if he had crossed through the checkpoint to his olive grove this morning. Since he drives a tractor he is unable to enjoy being able to cross through the nearby hole in the fence. The soldiers come to the checkpoint to open the gate especially for him. He came to the checkpoint this morning and the soldiers arrived as well, but they had no key and told him to go back home to A’anin, which he naively did.
15:35 – Hermesh Checkpoint
The army vehicle was still parked at the junction, so we continued on to Hermesh Checkpoint. We thought that perhaps the checkpoint would be manned again (See report from February 10th, 2022). We were pleased to see that there were no soldiers there and traffic was moving freely in both directions.
There were three large herds of sheep walking along Route 585. One of the shepherds did not manage to move his sheep aside and cars were forced to drive against the direction of the traffic in the opposite lane. The shepherd was directing traffic.
Barta’a – Reihan Checkpoint 15:50
The parking lots were completely full and there was nowhere to park on the Palestinian side. We drove to the other side but those parking lots on the seamline zone side were nearly full as well. We walked down the sleeve with the Palestinians to the entrance to the terminal where people were coming home from work. It was the hour when Muslims pray and there were several prayer rugs under the shelter and five people were praying.
16:15 – Route 611
There were a lot of cars parked alongside the hole in the fence beneath the village of Luxor, but not many people were crossing through the fence at this time of day. We were surprised to see only one transport vehicle parked at the side of the road at this hour when there are usually many people coming home from work.
28/02/22 צפון
רותי אדמונדס (מצלמת), נטע גולן (מדווחת)
לא פתחו הבוקר את מחסום עאנין, כי לחיילים לא היה מפתח(?)
15:00 אנחנו חולפות על פני מחסום ברטעה, מופתעות לראות רכב צבאי חונה בצומת הכבישים 596 ו 585. עוצרות באמריחה במינימרקט של ידידתנו פ’. פ’ צמה היום לרגל יום עלייתו של הנביא מוחמד לשמיים.
15:20 מחסום יעבד-דותן
התנועה זורמת בשני הכיוונים, רק קוביות הבטון במרכז המחסום מפריעות קצת. שני חיילים יורדים אלינו ממגדל השמירה, על חולצתו של אחד מהם כתובת ”צוות צלפים”. קצת מפחיד. הם לא מכירים את מחסום ווטש אבל דואגים לשלומנו. אומרים שמסוכן לעמוד שם. מי יודע מה יכול לקרות מאחת המכוניות. לא כל כך מוכנים לשמוע אותנו , הם ”מאמינים במה שהם עושים”.
אנחנו מטלפנות למ’, ידידנו מעאנין, כדי לשאול אם עבר בבוקר במחסום אל הזיתים שלו. מ’, כטרקטוריסט, נאלץ לעבור במחסום ואינו יכול ליהנות מהפרצה הסמוכה. החיילים מגיעים לפתוח את שער המחסום במיוחד בשבילו. מ’ מספר שהגיע בבוקר למחסום, גם החיילים הגיעו, אך לא יכלו לפתוח כי לא היה להם מפתח. אמרו לו לחזור הביתה לעאנין והוא עשה כך. לא טילפן אלינו כי לא רצה להטריד. קצת תמוה.
15:35 מחסום חרמש
הרכב הצבאי עדיין חונה בצומת ולכן המשכנו לחרמש. חשבנו שאולי שוב המחסום מאויש (דוח מ 10/02/22). לשמחתנו לא היו שם חיילים והמעבר היה חופשי בשני הכיוונים.
על כביש 585 צעדו שלושה עדרי כבשים גדולים. אחד הרועים לא הצליח לצמצם את שורות הכבשים ונהגים נאלצו לנסוע נגד כיוון התנועה. הרועה תפקד כשוטר תנועה.
15:50 מחסום ברטעה-ריחן
מגרשי החנייה מלאים, לא היתה אפשרות לחנות בצד הפלסטיני. עלינו לצד מרחב התפר. גם מגרש החניה שם היה כמעט מלא. ירדנו בשרוול לכיוון הטרמינל יחד עם הפלסטינים החוזרים מהעבודה. שעת תפילה. שטיחונים נפרשו בסככת ההמתנה וחמישה אנשים התפללו.
16:15 כביש 611
מכוניות רבות חונות מסביב ולמרגלות קומץ הבתים בלוקסור, אך רק מעטים עוברים בפרצה בגדר ההפרדה בשעה זו. להפתעתנו רק רכב הסעות אחד עצר בשול הכביש בשעה זו. לרוב בשעה זו מגיעים לכאן הרבה אנשים בסוף יום העבודה וחוזרים כמו שבאו – דרך הפרצה המזמינה בגדר.
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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Hermesh
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Hermesh
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Tura-Shaked
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Tura-Shaked
This is a fabric of life* checkpoint through which pedestrians, cabs and private cars (since 2008) pass to and from the West Bank and the Seam-line Zone to and from the industrical zone near the settler-colony Shaked, schools and kindergartens, and Jenin university campuses. The checkpoint is located between Tura village inside the West Bank and the village of Dahar Al Malah inside the enclave of the Seam-line Zone. It is opened twice a day, between 7 a.m. and 10 a.m., and from 12 noon to 7 p.m. People crossing it (at times even kindergarten children) are inspected in a bungalow with a magnometer. Names of those allowed to cross it appear in a list held by the soldiers. Usually traffic here is scant.
- fabric of life roads and checkpoints, as defined by the Terminals Authority in the Ministry of Defense (fabric of life is a laundered name that does not actually describe any kind of humanitarian purpose) are intended for Palestinians only. These roads and checkpoints have been built on lands appropriated from their Palestinian owners, including tunnels, bypass roads, and tracks passing under bridges. Thus traffic can flow between the West Bank and its separated parts that are not in any kind of territorial contiguity with it. Mostly there are no permanent checkpoint on these roads but rather ‘flying’ checkpoints, check-posts or surprise barriers. At Toura, a small (less than one dunam) and sleepy checkpoint has been established, which has filled up with the years with nearly .every means of supervision and surveillance that the Israeli military occupation has produced. (February 2020)
Mar-21-2022Anin Checkpoint: A magnificent breach in the center of the checkpoint
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Ya'bed-Dotan
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Ya’bed-Dotan
This checkpoint is located on road 585, at the crossroads of Mevo Dotan settler-colony / Jenin/ Ya’abad. It has an army watchtower (‘pillbox’ post) and concrete blocs that slow down vehicular traffic. It was erected when Barta’a Checkpoint, lying to the west on the Separation Fence, was privatized and its operation was passed over to civilian security personnel. Since December 2009 this checkpoint enables flow of Palestinian vehicular traffic towards the Barta’a Checkpoint. Seldom is it manned by soldiers sitting in the watchtower, who conduct random inspections of vehicles and passengers. (february 2020)
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