Barta'a-Reihan, Tayba-Rummana, Tura-Shaked
Barta’a Reihan Checkpoint – 06:00
The entrance plaza to the checkpoint on the Paletinian side is rather empty, a rare sight at such an early morning hour. The cab drivers who always know everything said that during the first hour thousands already got through… Our acquaintance Ayed, a contractor who lives in Arake and works in the seam-line zone, says that a week ago he suddenly found himself Shabak-blacklisted. He is not allowed into Israel. Why? What happened? He can only guess that a competitor Palestinian contractor besmirched his name in order to get hold of his “tenders”.
‘Anin agricultural checkpoint – 06:30
The soldiers were a few minutes late and when they opened the gates, the happy permit holders got out at the usual pace, five by five. First pedestrians, finally tractors. A woman resident of ‘Anin who crossed before her husband did stood next to us while waiting for him. Within a minute she told us a very sad tale, proving once again how the checkpoints and the entire permit apparatus inflict so much suffering on the Palestinians, out of sight and away from the cameras. Her 33-year old daughter became engaged to an Israeli Arab a few months ago. Although engagement is a legal act and its annulment resembles divorce, practically she was not yet registered as a wife, neither in her ID nor in her fiance’s. Unfortunately the man passed away a month ago before they managed to get married and was buried in Israel. His fiancée was not allowed entry to partake in his funeral nor to hold condolence visits to his family, which was by now hers as well. Neither her village elder nor the Palestinian DCO do anything to help her. No one can.
We’ll try… An older person crosses without a permit due to his age (56) and proceeds to Mei Ami (inside Israel) where he can make some shekels weeding and clearing gardens.
Toura-Shaked Checkpoint 07:15
photo shuli bar 27.4.2017
The entrance to the checkpoint from the West Bank is crowded, people are expectedly nervous, bickering, for they are still not being let through. Sunday to Wednesday the checkpoint is opened at 6:30 a.m. Thursday to Saturday it opens at 7:00 a.m. The half hour difference is significant. Why? Just so. The Israeli army switches to weekend mode but the local inhabitants continue working as usual on those extra two days. Why are they not considered? The small checkpoint is full to bursting with facilities, concrete slabs, sheds, metal gates, bungalows, stop lights… It contributes absolutely nothing to people’s passage through the checkpoint and only makes the occupation all the uglier in appearance.
Tayibe-Roumana Checkpoint 08:00
etc. and not a single cent for peace.
photo shuli bar 27/4/2016
The soldiers came early and passage takes about 10 minutes, even before the DCO jeep arrived. Even though by definition this is an agricultural checkpoint, non-farmers cross here too, going about their “fabric of life” business in their unraveled lives, probably in Umm Al Fahm, the big town nearby, inside Israel.
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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Tayba-Rummana
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Tayba-Rummana is an agricultural checkpoint. It is located in the separation fence in front of the eastern slopes of the Israeli city of Umm al-Fahm. The Palestinian villages next to the checkpoint are Khirbet Tayba and Rummana. Dozens of dunams of olive groves were removed from their owners, the residents of these villages on the western side of the separation fence. The Palestinian villages next to the checkpoint are Khirbet Tayba and Rumna. Dozens of olives dunams were removed from these villages' residents and swallowed up in a narrow strip of space, on the western side of the separation fence. The checkpoint allows the plantation owners who have permits to pass. Twice a week, the checkpoint opens for fifteen minutes in the morning and evening. During the harvest season, it opens every day for fifteen minutes in the morning (around 0630) and fifteen minutes in the afternoon (around 1530). (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)
Ruti TuvalMar-21-2022Anin Checkpoint: A magnificent breach in the center of the checkpoint
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