Mevo Dotan (Imriha), Reihan, Shaked, Sun 13.1.13, Afternoon
Translation: Bracha B.A.
Shaked-Tura Checkpoint 15:00
There are some new features at the checkpoint, at least for us: signs for pedestrian crossing, signs for crossing the road safely, and a sign warning drivers that children are crossing. A large garbage container stands at the entrance to the checkpoint on the seamline zone side. At the entrance there is a flag belonging to the unit serving at the checkpoint. A nice female soldier addresses people who are crossing by name. She seems to be friendly with everyone. She says to a driver who has opened his hood, "did I ask you to open it?"
Several cars cross through and then quiet resumes. It is cold and windy. Some reservists bring us excellent coffee. They are from the center of the country. A military vehicle arrives and a captain emerges and comes to talk to us. He is new here and we explain that women from our organization come here every day.
Only a few people come through the checkpoint today. One person tells us a chilling story about the occupation. His brother from Yaabed has recently married a woman from Dahar el Malech, a village in the seamline zone. He received a permit to remain in the seamline zone for six months so that he could move in and live with his bride's family, but was not allowed to stay there at night.
We left at 15:50.
Reihan Barta'a Checkpoint, 16:00
The gate to the covered walkway is locked. People are coming through along the road and passing their ID cards through the guard booth on the road. After we asked the guard why the gate was locked he checked and then explained that it was a security matter and he could not tell us. The gate to the vehicle checkpoint was open and we watched the familiar sight of cars being checked with their doors open. We gave a woman who worked in Barta'a a ride to her home in Emricha and continued on to the next checkpoint.
16:20 – Dotan-Yaabed Checkpoint
There is a lot of traffic. Lines of cars cross the checkpoint going towards the West Bank. Every car stops next to the soldiers and continues on after a short conversation. Since cars are also coming from the other direction traffic stops, and congestion develops.
16:40– We returned to Reihan-Barta'a. The covered walkway is now open. A lot of workers are congregating around the turnstile, two windows are open, and 8-10 people are entering the terminal at a time. People are passing through quickly.
We left at 17:00.
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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