Barta’a-Reihan, Tura-Shaked, Ya’bed-Dotan
Shaked – Tura Checkpoint – 07:30-08:00
When we arrived at the checkpoint dozens of people cwere oming toward us, who had already crossed, ,evidently on their way to work. There are now no people waiting except a one, standing next to his car waiting for one of the many soldiers, including a military vehicle and its passengers, to take care of him. The soldiers are jolly and take no notice of the time. It took 20 minutes for the soldiers to get around to checking the person who's been waiting. The man got into his car and quickly drove back to the seamline zone. We tried to stop him to ask what had happened but didn't find out what had occurred. (See photo) The checkpoint is now empty and only one car has crossed to the seamline zone.
Reihan Barta'a Checkpoint 08:00 – 08:30
The checkpoint is crowded with people crossing in both directions. The "Bonjour" kiosk now has a price list written in Arabic and several planters have been added hee and there. Most of the people said that things were moving along on time, but said that one man, or perhaps a boy, had all the necessary permits but was still being detained. We cannot see or hear what is going on inside the terminal. People coming out told us that he was sent to the Liaison and Coordination Administration at Salam. Someone else told us about checkpoint on the way mainly those opposite Yaabed, where things are being deliberately done slowly and only one car is allowed through every ten minutes. The man claims he has been on his way for two hours on a drive that ordinarily takes ten minutes. We decided to drive there. Recently the checkpoint opposite Mevo
Dotan has not been manned on Saturdays, and we therefore have not gone there for a long time.
Yaabed – Mevo Dotan 08:50
The checkpoint is not manned. On the way we passed an army vehicle on the side of the road north of Yaabed, and another in the olive grove just opposite the village, but there are no roadblocks or checkpoints. It appears there was a morning exercise to keep up the routine of harassment.
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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Ya'bed-Dotan
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Ya’bed-Dotan
This checkpoint is located on road 585, at the crossroads of Mevo Dotan settler-colony / Jenin/ Ya’abad. It has an army watchtower (‘pillbox’ post) and concrete blocs that slow down vehicular traffic. It was erected when Barta’a Checkpoint, lying to the west on the Separation Fence, was privatized and its operation was passed over to civilian security personnel. Since December 2009 this checkpoint enables flow of Palestinian vehicular traffic towards the Barta’a Checkpoint. Seldom is it manned by soldiers sitting in the watchtower, who conduct random inspections of vehicles and passengers. (february 2020)
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