'Anin, Barta'a (old agricultural gate), Tura-Shaked, Ya'bed-Dotan
Yaabed – Mevo Dotan Checkpoint
Traffic flowed without stopping. The concrete blocks at the checkpoint force drivers to slow down, same as at Hermesh Checkpoint. On the way, we went to explore the tobacco fields in what looked like an agricultural center. There was a building with a terrace, a thatched shelter, farm equipment, and wall of fruit trees surrounded in the middle of a flowering field of tobacco. All the surrounding fields had already dried but here all was green. We couldn’t figure out how the field was being irrigated, but undoubtedly it was. Near the field leaves had already been put out to dry, using two different methods, and it was a lovely sight.
Barta’a – Reihan Checkpoint
The checkpoint was extremely crowded and the exhaust fumes from the cars in the parking lot penetrated our face masks. The taxi drivers complained that most of the workers arrive in their own cars and they have trouble earning a living. They make approximately 100 Shekels a day, with difficulty. The construction workers, on the other hand, are pleased. They make a good living. Two of them have arrived from work in Caesarea.
Tura – Shaked Checkpoint
The traffic was light and the checkpoint was quiet as usual (a quote from last week’s report). New disposable cups were scattered along the side of the road. The large garbage container is now gone and we wonder if the soldiers take their garbage away with them to the base. One of the soldiers used the concrete block as a urinal, and he finally let a car through that was patiently waiting to cross.
A’anin Checkpoint
We went again to see what was happening at the checkpoint. Thell two bored soldiers were still sitting there; they said they were guarding a break in the fence. Yesterday, Monday, the checkpoint was open for farmers’ crossing. An army jeep arrived and a lieutenant got out. He introduced himself as the deputy commander of the battalion. He informed us that the checkpoint would not be opened for farmers and that we should not be there, and then left. We hope that tomorrow the checkpoint would open for farmers so they can tend their olive groves.
'Anin checkpoint (214)
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'Anin checkpoint (214)
'Anin checkpoint is located on the Separation Fence east of the Israeli community Mei Ami and close to the village of Anin in the West Bank. It is opened twice a week, morning and afternoon, on days with shorter light time, for Anin farmers whose olive groves have been separated from the village by the fence it became difficult to cultivate their land. Transit permits are only issued to those who can produce ownership documents for their caged-in land, and sometimes only to the head of the family or his widow, eldest son, and children. Sometimes the inheritors lose their right to tend to the family’s land. The permits are eked out and are re-issued only with difficulty. 55-year-old persons may cross the checkpoint (into Israel) without special permits. During the olive harvest season (about one month around October) the checkpoint is open daily and more transit permits are issued. Names of persons eligible to cross are held in the soldiers’ computers. In July 2007, a sweeping instruction was issued, stating that whoever does not return to the village through this checkpoint in the afternoon will be stripped of his transit permit when he shows up there next time. Since 2019, the checkpoint has not been allways locked with the seam-line zone gate (1 of 3 gates), and the fence around it has been broken in several sites.
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Barta'a (old agricultural gate)
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Barta'a (old agricultural gate)
On the road from Barta'a to the West Bank.
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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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