‘Anin, Barta’a-Reihan, Tura-Shaked
15:00 – Tura – Shaked Checkpoint
A civilian minibus arrived at the checkpoint when we came, and about 20 soldiers, most of whom were lieutenant colonels and a few sergeants, arrived on a tour. One of the soldiers asked if we were part of the tour. They did not interfere with us and most importantly, did not interfere with the small number of people who were crossing the checkpoint.
15:30 – Reihan – Barta'a Checkpoint
The doors to the vehicle inspection facility were open and we were able to observe inspections.
Many workers are returning from work and crossing to the West Bank. A few people, mostly students, are going the other way towards the seamline zone.
16:10 – A'anin Checkpoint
Economic Considerations
We arrived at the checkpoint late, which was due to open at 16:00. The soldiers had not yet arrived. About 25 people, several tractors, and a few donkeys were waiting. We called the Liaison and Coordination Administration and were told that, as usual, they would check. People are angry at the delay and even more so at the fact that the olive harvest opening hours are being discontinued before they managed to complete the harvest and do other work in the groves such as pruning and clearing the area.
This is the last day of the olive harvest and the agricultural permits which had been issued for the harvest are only valid until November 15th. In actuality, on Friday and Saturday, November 14th and 15th , the checkpoint will be closed. From next week the checkpoint will return to its usual hours and will be open twice each week for one half hour in the morning and evening. During the olive harvest the checkpoint is open three times a day, seven days a week. We called the Liaison and Coordination Administration who said they would see what was happening. We were informed that there had been an incident along the separation barrier and that they were on the way.
At 16:25 two army vehicles pass, but they were not the soldiers who were due to open the checkpoint. At 16:30 soldiers arrive in two vehicles and open the checkpoint. One car parks next to the outer gate near us and the other parks near the gate at the center of the checkpoint where people are being checked. An officer explains that there was an attempt to sabotage the fence 4 kilometers from A'anin. Since the soldiers who are responsible for the checkpoint are also responsible for the fence, there was a delay, and incidences like this need to be avoided since the fence costs a lot of money.
16:45 Everyone has crossed. The soldiers know that they must wait until 17:00. We left.
'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-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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