‘Anin, Barta’a-Reihan, Ya’bed-Dotan
14:15: Barta'a-Reihan CP, side of the seamline zone — Fulfilling dreams
We arrived early with a father and his sick daughter, whom we brought to the CP from Rambam Hospital in Haifa. Not many people are returning from work at this hour. There are also only a few people going through from the West Bank to the seamline zone.
On the way we saw a sign at the entrance to the Reihan settlement, encourages new settlers : Instead of dreaming about an apartment, move ahead to your own house .
14:30. Tura-Shaked CP
This time we got here early, but at this time there is practically no traffic. Single cars go through in each direction and also one pedestrian.
14:55 A'anin CP
The soldiers are in place; the three gates of the CP are already open and the few people who had the privilege of going through to their fields (imprisoned in the seamline zone) in the morning, are already going through and going back home.
The CP commander, a Captain, commander of a Company in Giv'ati, approaches to talk with us. He is interested in our activities and asks what else we do apart from observations in CPs. He has just come back from the war in Gaza. He behaves pleasantly and courteously toward the Palestinians and toward us. From the CP we can see that in the Hinanit-Tal Menashe settlement massive earth-moving is going on. Here, too, dreams are being fulfilled.
We passed the Barta'a CP. The work is still going on in the Palestinian parking lot and so parking is possible only inside the CP. The rest of the cars park along the road, in the improvised parking lot opposite Zebda, on both sides of the 'bridge' which is always closed.
15:30 Ya'abed-Mavo Dothan CP
The CP is opened. Cars drive in both directions. Most of them are not delayed. A few cars are required to stop for a quick inspection.
15:00 Barta'a-Reihan CP, side of the seamline zone
A singer and a flute-player, who have come through the CP from the West Bank, are waiting for a ride. They have been invited to perform at a wedding in Tur'an. The singer tells about how popular he is and that he performs at weddings in Israel and on the West Bank. He has a permit to enter Israel and he has to renew it every three months. He complains about the CPs which limit free movement. Many workers are returning from work at this time and get off in the direction of the terminal. They greet us and go quickly through the turnstile on the side of the entrance to the terminal. There is some protection from the sun over there.
16:30 we leave.
A woman settler from Mavo Dothan is waiting for the bus and tries to talk to us. We all speak Hebrew but use widely different words.
'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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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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