ברטעה-ריחן, טורה-שקד, יעבד-דותן, שבת 27.4.13, בוקר
North, 27.04.2013
Rochela H., Noa L., (Reporting)
Translation: Bracha B.A.
Shaked – Tura Checkpoint, 07:20-07:50
The checkpoint is crowded and there is a lot of traffic, moving quickly in both directions. There are lots of vehicles passing through, which is unusual for Saturday. The herd of goats also passes through without any problem. One man tells us that he has a permit which is valid for the next two months, and that he crosses almost every day to tend his fields, without any problem. On the other hand, when he does not appear for a day or two and then comes back, he is refused entry and is sent to the Liaison and Coordination Administration. A short time ago he and his family received a permit to spend three nights in the seamline zone to attend a wedding. He chose to return home each night and not stay, and he was consequently detained at the checkpoint again. It appears that no matter what happens, there will always be a way to harass people for no reason, simply because we can.
Yaabed – Dotan – 08:10-09:00
We drove to the Yaabed Checkpoint today to deliver used clothing and baby items to Amjad (Mari's father) who just had a baby girl. This checkpoint is only manned occasionally on Saturdays and there were soldiers present there today. The Netzach Yehuda religious Nahal brigade is serving there. The crossing was closed and everyone at the checkpoint:
The Palestinian drivers (and we too) received a lesson in military exercises. Soldiers ran around us with weapons drawn, while lines of cars formed on both sides of the checkpoint. We asked why it was necessary to do training exercises now when the checkpoint is filled with traffic. We were told that there have been some shooting incidents here and that the soldiers had to be prepared for any possible incident. After about ten minutes the exercise ended and traffic resumed. We delivered the packages to Amjad and returned to Reihan.
Reihan – Barta'a Checkpoint – 09:10-09:20
We descended the sleeve to the terminal and found that everyone had already crossed through and the terminal was now empty. All the parking lots, including the auxiliary ones on the road to Zibda, are all completely full.
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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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)
Ruti TuvalMar-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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