Barta’a-Reihan, Tura-Shaked
Tura Shaked checkpoint 07:25 – 08:00
Dozens of people are crowded today in front of the turnstile on the West Bank side. There are some soldiers near them, on the other side of the fence. Loud voices and noise. It is a rare situation for a Saturday; what is going on here? People who emerged from the checkpoint tell us that the soldiers work very slowly, despite the fact that the checking of the documents is quick, and that is the reason for the delay. People also say that today many people have come to work and this is another reason for the crowding and the noise. They go in for checking in groups of five. The few vehicles which arrive, on both sides, go through quickly. In about half an hour all the waiting people have gone through.
Barta'a- Reihan 08:10-08:45
The checkpoint is as crowded and noisy as always and the traffic flows. Two windows are open inside the terminal and we can't see any line inside. We timed between 10 to 15 minutes for people to go through.
One person tells us that law and order are kept meticulously and there are no concessions. His son (an adult) forgot to bring his documents, and despite the fact that he is registered and has been checked in the computer they did not let him through and he was sent back. Now his father will try to arrange to bring the papers to the checkpoint so that the son gets to work on time.
In the parking lot we met Mary and her father, waiting for their transportation.
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)
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