Jalama, Reihan, Shaked, Tue 28.7.09, Morning
The gates opened at five and we heard from the people who were already waiting there, that the passage was OK and quick. Some of the seamstresses were already waiting in the sleeve.
We went down to the lower parking lot, which was also almost empty. There were practically no cars and no pickup trucks with goods. Later, some loaded pickup trucks did appear. Their inspection begins at six o'clock and not at seven as in the past. When we asked about the conditions in the new inspection area, we learned that it is true that while waiting drivers can now drink coffee, which is brought to their room. The room also has air-conditioning. The occupation / despair is actually now more comfortable.
A group of eight semastresses got into a taxi. At first we wondered if they are working the night shift, but it soon became clear that there was simply a delay at the turnstile at the entrance to the terminal, and they preferred to wait in the taxi. A short time after that they also entered the terminal and went through.
A large group of young men, illegal sojourners, was arrested before dawn, from their sleeping places in stores in Barta'a; they were driven to the lower parking lot of the terminal. Among them there is also a Palestinian from Hebron who is the owner of a store. We were told that the soldiers expelled about 150, pushing them and yelling at them. They were not allowed to take any possessions with them, not even telephones, purses with documents, or clothing. We woke Abu-Rami, and he took care of sending a taxi with articles to distribute to those who were expelled. We saw that others managed to contact relatives who took care of sending them their possessions. One person showed us a form that invites him to come to the Salem DCO on a certain date at a certain time and to report to a "captain" whose name I do not remember. He tried to ask our advice about whether or not he should come to that meeting. We did not know what to advise him. Neither of the options seems attractive. Some of the illegal sojourners were imprisoned, and soon we saw many of them coming down from the military compound on the hill. About six of them were handcuffed, and were led to the other side of the wall that separates the parking lot from the area of the lot. We assumed that they would be taken to prison, but we could not actually see that.
Shaked CP, 07.15-07.55
We saw the herd of sheep outside the gate. The gate was open already. On the side of the West Bank about 20 people were waiting to go through the turnstile to the inspection room. At the same time cars were already being inspected, one in each direction. Everything flowed and we did not observe any problem.
We left for Jalameh to take the little girl Aya to her dialysis.
(We stopped on the way for a quick coffee.)
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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Jalama
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North of Jenin, on the Green Line between Israel and the West Bank. A big terminal for the passage of Palestinians with permits allowing entrance into Israel and goods into Israel operates there. In the course of 2009 the terminal was opened for the passage of Israeli Arabic citizens into the West Bank. Since October 2009 they may pass in their cars.
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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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