Barta'a-Reihan, Tura-Shaked, Ya'bed-Dotan
15:30 – Tura – Shaked Checkpoint
Nothing is happening here. A single car arrived and the soldiers did not even bother with it. Someone got out and then it turned back. We drove by Hirbet Al Ra’adiyeh, which still has not been provided with electricity, and bought some excellent olives.
16:00 Yaabed Mevo Dotan Checkpoint
We drove past the crowded Reihan – Barta’a Checkpoint. There were more than the usual number of soldiers between Emricha and Yaabed Checkpoint, and there were also many cars. There is a lot of traffic from Reihan – Barta’a checkpoint to Jenin and the surrounding area. Several concrete blocks were moved inside the checkpoint, and cars no longer have to drive in such a zigzag manner when coming through. Vehicles were able to pass through in both directions at the same time.
A military announcement was heard about throwing stones next to one of the pillboxes. Two soldiers – one from the town of Rehovot and the other from the settlement of Beit El came out of the protected area because they were worried about us, and then they found out what we were doing there. We spent about a half hour talking with them, and our conversation occasionally developed angry tones, mainly when talking about historical facts. They were unable to perceive themselves as an occupation army and did not hesitate to tell us about their “raison d’être”. “There are unfortunate people everywhere, even in Israel. Why aren’t you concerned about them?” At last the settler left us after complimenting us on our perseverance about the values that were important to us.
On the way back we passed two fire trucks and several military vehicles on their way somewhere.
17:00 Barta’a – Reihan Checkpoint
The parking lot was so crowded and disorderly that it was difficult to make our way through it, even on foot. People were constantly arriving and leaving for home. The drivers who had already made several trips smiled when they told us they had seen us arguing with the soldiers at Yaabed – Dotan Checkpoint. We stopped and Elia bought a cup of coffee and we bought cakes and sweets in order to make everyone happy.
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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