Barta’a-Reihan, A’anin
15:15 – A'anin Checkpoint
We arrived at the checkpoint late. Before we arrived our friend M., phoned and informed us that the soldiers had arrived and that the checkpoint had opened on time at 15:00. By the time we arrived everyone had already crossed. Five minutes later another four people arrived and crossed.
15:30 – When the soldiers were about to lock the gates of the checkpoint two people came running up. They let them cross and locked the checkpoint. Two minutes later while the soldiers were still there another person arrived, but they would not let him cross. We tried unsuccessfully to help. Meanwhile the army vehicle stopped because my car was blocking the way. They waited patiently for me to move the car. They could have utilized that time to open the gate for the man who arrived late, but they refused, claiming that the reason was that "the lock is old and rusted." The man was extremely angry and reluctantly agreed to ride with us to Barta'a checkpoint where he would have to take a taxi to Jenin and then another taxi back to A'anin. Evidently the Palestinians' time and money do not matter.
15:50 – Reihan – Barta'a Checkpoint
This is the first time that we saw children sliding on the slides near the parking lot. The broken swings have already been taken down. The children slide straight down onto gravel – but this is all they have.
A young man told us that he had been released from prison and his probation period had also finished. He recei
ved a work permit in Barta'a, but when he tried to get a work permit to enter Israel he was refused. Despite the fact that his probation is over, he still has a police ban until 2030, creating a huge problem for him.
A lot of people arrive at the checkpoint with their rides, walk to the terminal through the sleeve, and cross through the turnstile on the side of the terminal. Those who work i
n Israel continue immediately in the direction of the West Bank, while those who work in the seamline zone stop near the facility that checks their crossing permits. There are two machines operating, and occasionally a line forms next to them.
Among those who were crossing was Iad, the contractor who volunteers to keep order in the line in the morning. He was surprised that we had not been there in the morning, probably because it was cold.
A few people are crossing through the terminal to the seamline zone. One person was sitting on the bench where detainees wait, but he was evidently waiting for his family.
17:00 – Shaked – Tura Checkpoint
As usual the checkpoint is empty and there is no traffic. We left before it got dark.
איחרנו להגיע. כבר בשתי דקות לשלוש דיווח לנו טלפונית מכרנו מ' שהחיילים פותחים בזמן (ב 15:00). עד שהגענו כל מי שהגיע למחסום עבר. כעבור כחמש דקות הגיעו עוד ארבעה אנשים ועברו.
15:30 כשהחיילים כבר התכוונו לנעול את שערי המחסום, הגיעו בריצה שני אנשים. נתנו להם לעבור ונעלו. כעבור דקותיים, כשהחיילים עדיין היו במקום, הגיע אדם נוסף. לא נתנו לו לעבור. ניסינו לעזור ולא הצלחנו. בינתיים הרכב הצבאי עצר, כי מכוניתי הפריעה לו לעבור. החיילים חיכו בסבלנות עד שהזזתי את המכונית. בזמן הזה יכלו לפתוח את השערים ולהעביר את האדם שאיחר, אך סירבו לעשות זאת. אחת הסיבות שנאמרו לנו: ''המנעול ישן וחלוד''. האיש כעס מאוד ובקושי הסכים לנסוע איתנו למחסום ברטעה, משם יצטרך לנסוע במונית שירות לג'נין ומשם במונית נוספת לעאנין. זמנו וכספו של פלסטיני לא נחשבים.
15:50 מחסום ברטעה-ריחן
פעם ראשונה שאנו רואות ילדים מחליקים במגלשות שליד מגרש החנייה. הנדנדות הרעועות כבר פורקו. מהמגלשות מחליקים ישר לחצץ. שמחת עניים.
אדם צעיר מספר ששוחרר מהכלא וגם תקופת המאסר על תנאי שלו כבר חלפה. הוא קיבל אישור עבודה בברטעה, אך כשניסה לקבל אישור עבודה בישראל סורב כי למרות שהתנאי כבר לא תקף עדיין יש לו מניעת משטרה עד 2030. צרה צרורה.
המון אנשים מגיעים למחסום בהסעות, יורדים לטרמינל בשרוול ועוברים בקרוסלה שבצד הטרמינל. העובדים בישראל ממשיכים מייד לכיוון הגדה והעובדים במרחב התפר מתעכבים ליד המתקן שבודק את היתרי המעבר. שני מתקנים פועלים ולעיתים נוצר לידם תור. בין העוברים גם עיאד הקבלן,שבבקרים דואג בהתנדבות להסדרת התור בבוקר. מתפלא שלא הגענו בבוקר ומתרץ זאת בכך שהיה קר.
מעטים עוברים דרך הטרמינל למרחב התפר. אחד נראה מעוכב על הספסל, אך מסתבר שהוא ממתין לבני משפחתו.
17:00 מחסום טורה-שקד
כרגיל שקט וכמעט ריק. אנחנו עוזבות לפני שמחשיך.
'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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