'Anin, Barta'a-Reihan, Tayba-Rummana
0605 – 0830
06:05 – Barta’a Checkpoint
As usual, there was no line at this time of day. People were moving towards the “Palestinian” parking lot and disappearing into the terminal. A young man shared his troubles with us regarding his permit to work in Israel. He has work as a painter and has been forced to renew his permit twice a month and he wanted to know why.
There was some excitement when two knapsacks and a cooler were left next to the turnstile. One of the knapsacks contained a wallet and certificates. The security guards asked the Palestinians to move them to a different place.
06:40 – A’anin Checkpoint
There were more military policemen and border patrolmen at the junction leading to the checkpoint, but at the checkpoint itself there was no unusual activity and no one was being sent back or detained. However, people told us that five or six people had been sent back and were not told why. Others said they had not seen anyone sent back today but that is what usually happens. Others reported that they were continued to be harassed about the way they dressed. Anyone wearing clothes that are “too clean” for farm work is sent back or anyone carrying more than 200 NIS is sent back with the claim that they have nowhere to spend money in the olive grove anyway. This is extremely disturbing.
W., a new representative from the Liaison and Coordination Administration claimed that this morning only one person was sent back. Meanwhile, we noticed that a young man was detained next to the inspection point and at the end of our shift he was taken away to Base 300 that belongs to the military police. Later we learned that he was released after an hour or so and that the reason he was detained was that he was a suspect of the Special Forces – an excuse that usually prevents us from finding out more.
One of the farmers claimed that they were not being allowed to bring olive saplings into the seamline zone, but we did see a tractor carrying three saplings.
08:00 – Tibeh Romena Checkpoint
There were few people crossing this morning and no one greeted us. Perhaps this was because of the bloodshed between Jews and Palestinians in the West Bank during the past few days.
'Anin checkpoint (214)
See all reports for this place-
'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.
-
Barta’a-Reihan Checkpoint
See all reports for this place-
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).
-
Tayba-Rummana
See all reports for this place-
Tayba-Rummana is an agricultural checkpoint. It is located in the separation fence in front of the eastern slopes of the Israeli city of Umm al-Fahm. The Palestinian villages next to the checkpoint are Khirbet Tayba and Rummana. Dozens of dunams of olive groves were removed from their owners, the residents of these villages on the western side of the separation fence. The Palestinian villages next to the checkpoint are Khirbet Tayba and Rumna. Dozens of olives dunams were removed from these villages' residents and swallowed up in a narrow strip of space, on the western side of the separation fence. The checkpoint allows the plantation owners who have permits to pass. Twice a week, the checkpoint opens for fifteen minutes in the morning and evening. During the harvest season, it opens every day for fifteen minutes in the morning (around 0630) and fifteen minutes in the afternoon (around 1530). (February 2020).
-