‘Anin, Reihan, Shaked, Mon 1.8.11, Morning
First day of Ramadan
06:03 A'anin, farmers checkpoint
On the way to the checkpoint we observe a cow, which belongs to Israeli farmers, inside an olive grove owned by farmers from A'anin. We called the DCO but neither Mahadi nor Raz – the police officer – were there. We left them a message regarding theviolation, which was supposed to have been taken care of.
The newly stationed soldiers on site inspect at the center of the checkpoint. Apparently due to the Ramadan only a few people arrived at the gate, among them some, mostly youngsters, who are sent back.
Inspection is as usual. A father and his son, equipped with all the relevant papers, ask to cross to the other side. The son is delayed. Leah calls the DCO, which in turn talk to the soldiers who allow the son to join his father.
Another person tries to bring in a 2-Liter bottle of oil and is denied. He is told that he can do that only from the Ephraim gate (one hour ride in each direction).
06:45 On the way to the Shaked-Tura checkpoint we see about 10 cows grazing leisurely in an olive grove. I call 100 (the Israeli police) to report the violation.
07:00 Shaked-Tura checkpoint
Soldiers march to the checkpoint, ignoring my "good morning", which atypically had escaped my lips.
07:10 The first group of people enters the inspection cabin. Here too only a few cross the gate. We receive a telephone call from Kdumeem police regarding our earlier call to them. I explain and ask to send patrol car stat., and give them the exact location of the grove. The officer on duty cannot send his only patrol vehicle and suggests we turn to the local community police, at Shaked. And so we'll do. Matti, the police officer, receives all necessary information; we tell him that Mahadi and Raz, at the DCO, are also informed. Matti promises to take care of the matter.
07:45 Dotan checkpoint
The c.p. is manned. One soldier approaches me to inquire who I am. I introduce myself , inform him that today begins the month of Ramadan, and ask that they refrain from eating in front of the Muslims.
Passage is without delays.
08:00 Reihan-Barta'a checkpoint
We drove down swiftly on the road paved for the privileged ones, like us. On the left there is a Palestinian family, young and old, all waiting for inspection prior to crossing over to the West Bank , a usual sight here.
Pickup trucks which we had observed waiting, on our way to the checkpoint, are now on their way to the center of the inspection post for paper check-up.
Only about 5-6 worker come and go at this time.
We report oil which we had purchased.
The drivers from Barta'a at the end of the sleeve complain of lack of work.
08:10 – We're on our way home.
'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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