'Anin, Barta'a-Reihan, Tura-Shaked
14:50 – A’anin Checkpoint
People and tractors loaded with items for recycling were waiting for the checkpoint to open. The soldiers arrived and opened the gate on time. There was a change that was not encouraging: once again Palestinians who were crossing to the West Bank were having their documents checked after a period when they were not inspected. Again, we saw a soldier standing with his weapon pointed at the people crossing – something we have not seen for a long time.
15:20 – Tura – Shaked Checkpoint
Dozens of women and men were marching separately towards the checkpoint. Evidently this is a rare sight at this checkpoint, which is usually quiet. A funeral of a young 35-year-old who was killed in a forklift accident had taken place, and many relatives and acquaintances attended. People had come from the area of Jenin, Tura, Yaabed, Zibda, and other villages, all of which are beyond the separation barrier. People complained about having to wait a long time to cross. The soldiers were inconsiderate of elderly people, and the soldiers and the Liaison and Coordination Administration did not behave appropriately in light of such an event. The crossing itself to the West Bank took place without incident.
15:30 – Reihan Barta’a Checkpoint, Palestinian Side
Renovations have been taking place in the Palestinian parking lot and there is less space for parking. The lot was crowded and disorderly. One man was angry at us for failing to see to the construction of an awning where people could wait. He was even angrier that people had to cross in both directions through the only turnstile that was operating which made the waiting time even longer. The construction work did not appear to be progressing and it is disrupting the routine at the checkpoint.
16:20 – The same man who complained earlier also reported that people had to wait a long time at the Yaabed – Dotan Checkpoint and it is almost always manned. Today we had to leave early and were unable to observe what was happening there.
'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)
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