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‘Anin, Reihan, Shaked, Mon 2.5.11, Afternoon

Observers: Hana H., Yocheved G.
May-02-2011
| Afternoon

13:00 A'neen checkpoint

Eight Palestinians and 5 tractors go through. This tremendous number of people is guarded by 4 soldiers.There are no extra permits for people who wish to cultivate their lands.  One farmer complains that his 80-year-old father also wants to see his land but he has no permit to cross the checkpoint.

15:30 Shaked checkpoint

The usual procedure; vehicles come and go and as reported yesterday, whoever arrives on site is required to get off his vehicle get inside the inspection cabin to have his papers checked. Following that he can get back to the car, drive through and only then the vehicle goes under inspection.

The teacher who crosses over daily at the very same time needs to follow this same procedure, as if he has been there the first time.

16:00- Reihan Checkpoint

Workers who left this morning through the Teibe checkpoint are returning home now. They report that by now things are "ok" over there. They open at 04:00 am. except for Friday when the gate is opened at 05:00 and they ask , why?

Traffic streams along because the turnstile is open all the time and despite the many people arriving  at this time, there is no crowding and even two windows are operational.

But all of a sudden the turnstile is blocked, people have to line up and there is grievance. Again we observe this phenomenon where a few of those coming out hinder traffic of those entering and on top of that only one window is open.

16:30– This does not make sense; Such crowding and only one open window.

It is hot, people want to get home after a long day of work.

Why block the turnstile at this specific time?

3 illegal aliens wait on the bench

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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.

  • 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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