Barta'a-Reihan, Tura-Shaked, Ya'bed-Dotan
15:40 – Tura – Shaked Checkpoint
Workers are returning from work and families are going to the West Bank and in the opposite direction. Our acquaintance, K., informed us that the explosions that we were hearing from the direction of Tura were celebrations or just fireworks. He told us that the checkpoint opened a half hour late in the morning and that crossing was slow and irritating.
16:50 – Yaabed – Dotan Checkpoint
Two soldiers were atop the pillbox and flags were flying. It appeared that an air-conditioner had been installed. A lot of cars were going past without being delayed. Two soldiers -a man and woman – crossed the road carrying two garbage cans to the large container. As they crossed the traffic stopped – a rather amusing sight. Some of the drivers stopped to greet us, wave, and talk with Elia.
On our way back to Reihan – Barta’a checkpoint we stopped by two soldiers who were standing near the armored vehicle at the yellow gate leading to the Yaabed shortcut. We wanted to find out if the young woman walking towards Emricha had passed them. They told us that it was possible to cross along the dirt road alongside the checkpoint and that they had seen her. She was too young to have an ID and was sitting next to the checkpoint to wait for a taxi. We asked them how they felt about a young girl having to pass strange soldiers who did not speak her language, but they answered politely that they could not answer such questions.
17:20 – Reihan – Barta’a Checkpoint, Palestinian side
The parking lot was still very crowded. A lot of drivers were sitting next to the new metal structure that was still not being used and waiting for passengers. We were told that permits had been taken from workers without any apparent reason, and that it was noticeable. We met our friend B. from the carpet factory. He still works 10 hours a day, but many workers had been fired from his factory, for economic reasons, and in many other factories as well.
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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