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Jalama, Reihan, Thu 15.7.10, Afternoon

Observers: Tsafrira Z. Ruti H. (reporting)
Jul-15-2010
| Afternoon

North, 15.7.10, pmTranslating by Yael S.
 
15:15 Jalama checkpoint
We brought back a mother and daughter from treatment at Ram"bam hospital.
 A long line of Israeli cars returning. Passage was extremely slow.An armed  security person saw the tag we wear "MachsomWatch" and greeted us for that. 

16:15 – Rihan-Barta'a checkpoint 
About 15 workers loaded with watermelons and flowers went through swiftly. 3 were detained and were allowed to cross over 20 minutes later. One of them turned to us and said "When you are here – all is well". 
At 16:40 there was a change of shifts and passage was renewed within two minutes. Towards 17:00 more people arrived at the gated and passage was in a reasonable pace. One worker told us that we'd better come to Sha'ar Ephraim on a Friday. He had heard that because the checkpoint manager does not work on Fridays, passage is intolerable , people are delayed for a long time.  
On the way out a minibus driver  turned to us and reported that almost every morning, it takes him up to two hours to cross the checkpoint with his vehicle.We've promised to check it out.

 

  • 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).

  • 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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