ברטעה-ריחן, טורה-שקד, יעבד-דותן
14:40 Toura-Shaked Checkpoint
Things are quiet, the place is empty and filthy, as usual at this time of day here. During our presence, only one car was seen crossing into the seam-line zone and two cars into the West Bank. No pedestrians crossed over.
For some weeks now three large threatening bulldozers have been parked next to the nearby army post. On our way to Amriha we passed by Barta’a Checkpoint and drove up the hill, and as usual the gates on both sides of the “bridge” were locked. We stopped in Amriha at the grocery of the friendly woman grocer, bought some chocolate and were treated to sweet cinnamon tea. The gate of the shortcut to Ya’abad is locked as usual.
15:15 Yabad-Dotan Checkpoint
The checkpoint is manned by soldiers but traffic flows. No cars were inspected during our short presence there. We ‘missed’ the turn off to Barta’a and continued towards Hermesh settler-colony. This was an opportunity to show Tzafrira the checkpoint that for years blocked the road to Kafeen and Tul Karm. In recent years the gate is wide open and traffic flows in both directions.
15:40 Barta’a-Reihan Checkpoint, Palestinian side
Many cars are parked on the roadsides and in the car park. People are already returning from their workday and many drivers await them, to take them home into the West Bank. Many are asking us for Sylvia’s card. A villager from Roumana, working inside Israel in Rishon Le-Zion, crosses into Israel every morning at the Jalame Checkpoint. He complains that except for Sundays, the checkpoint opens at 4:30 and pressure is great. He wishes the checkpoint would open at 4 a.m. all week.
4 p.m. – we leave, and on our way meet another Palestinian encountering problems crossing. He gets our Sylvia card, perhaps her team will be able to help him sort it out.
צפון 17/01/2019
צפרירה זמיר, נטע גולן (מדווחת)
14:40 מחסום טורה-שקד
שקט, ריק ומלוכלך, כרגיל בשעה זו במחסום הזה. בזמן שהותנו שם רק מכונית אחת עברה למרחב התפר ושתי מכוניות לגדה. לא עברו כלל הולכי רגל.
זה שבועות אחדים חונים ליד המוצב הצבאי הסמוך שלושה מחפרים גדולים. מאיימים. בדרך לאמריחהחלפנו על פני מחסום ברטעה ועלינו לגבעה, וכרגיל השערים משני צידי ”הגשר” נעולים. עצרנו באמריחה במכולת של האישה החביבה. קנינו שוקולד והתכבדנו בתה מתוק מתובל בקינמון. גם השער על כביש הקיצור ליעבד נעול, כרגיל.
15:15 מחסום יעבד-דותן
המחסום מאויש בחיילים אך התנועה זורמת. לא נבדקו מכוניות בזמן הקצר ששהינו שם.
‘פספסנו’ את הפנייה לברטעה והמשכנו לכיוון ההתנחלות חרמש. הזדמנות לצפרירה לראות את המחסום שחסם במשך שנים את הכביש לקפין ולטולכרם. בשנים האחרונות השער פתוח לרווחה והתנועה זורמת בשני הכיוונים..
15:40 מחסום ברטעה-ריחן, הצד הפלסטיני
המון מכוניות חונות בשולי הכביש ובמגרש החנייה. אנשים כבר חוזרים מהעבודה ונהגים רבים ממתינים להם, לקחת אותם הביתה לגדה. יש ביקוש גדול לפתקים של סילביה. תושב הכפר הפלסטינירומנה, שעובד בראשון לציון, עובר כל בוקר לישראל במחסום ג’למה. הוא מתלונן שמלבד בימי ראשון המחסום נפתח בארבע וחצי והעומס גדול. הוא מבקש שכל השבוע יפתחו בארבע בבוקר
16:00 אנחנו עוזבות ובדרך למכונית עוד פלסטיני עם בעיית מעבר מקבל את פתק סילביה, אולי הצוות שלה יוכלו לעזור לו להסדיר את בעייתו.
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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)
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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