Mevo Dotan (Imriha), Reihan, Shaked, Sun 24.6.12, Morning
Translating Dvora K.
Shaked CP 07:07
Imagine that there is a paved boundary line between the neighborhood of the Ulpana and another neighborhood in Beth El, with fenced lanes, traffic lights and different kinds of huts; in which there are policemen and soldiers who inspect visas and vehicle licenses. That is what the Shaked CP looks like – separating the Palestinian village of Tura from the nearby Palestinian village of Daher el Malek. Soon a beautiful garden will flourish there and the administration will be transferred to a private company.
When we arrived the CP was empty, except for one student who stood at the opening of the sleeve on his way to the West Bank. We heard a noise and from a distance we saw the yellow gate on the Tura side being opened. A few minutes afterwards, a Hummer arrived and then we also saw soldiers. Two students, the banker and the children's driver (without children) – went through from the side of the seamline zone, following the procedure of parking, walking to the inspection and presenting the documents, and coming back, starting the car and driving into the CP where the vehicle is inspected. On the other side, a few workers went through. It was all done quietly and in a highly orderly manner. All the people are trained and the routine of the occupation is carried out festively.
Reihan CP 07:50
At the top of the sleeve many cars are waiting for the workers and tradesmen of Barta'a who are coming from the West Bank. Six people are sitting on a bench, waiting for the cars that brought them and are now being inspected in a place that nobody can see. When we return from the Dothan CP, they will still be sitting there. We went down the sleeve a bit and we observed a Palestinian taxi out of which a few dressed up women emerged. There were also a happy little girl and two men dressed in black. Each of the people presents a document on a tray with a camera above it. To me it looked as if they were going to Jordan, but that is only a guess.
The lower parking lot is almost full. One loaded truck and some more private cars are waiting to be called for document inspection.
Dothan CP 08:00
We left a package for a child on the road to the village of Ameriha and we went through the field in which men and women worked bending down. They were apparently weeding or thinning the rows of plants. Not far from them, in a nearby field, which was already harvested, there was a military jeep, and near it there were armed soldiers supervising the workers.
The CP itself is manned. We saw eight cars waiting from the direction of the West Bank. A few cars were waiting from our direction as well. The passage was quite steady. Not all the cars going to Reihan were inspected.
In a short conversation with a lieutenant who approached us, he explained why the CP was opened only at seven o'clock: that is when the residents of Mavo Dothan set out to take care of their affairs and they have to be guarded against stone throwers. Ruthy tried to explain to him why they throw stones, and that the area is occupied territory and we are posted on their land; but it does not look as if he was impressed. He has a task and that is what is important. Ruthy invited him to watch the TV film 'Rule of Law' in the evening. Maybe some new ideas will occur to the fellow who seems to be intelligent.
Reihan 08:20
We passed the parking lot which was already completely full. In the compound of the preliminary vehicle inspection we saw a truck that passed us in Dothan.
Does anybody know where they take the garbage that passed Reihan and Dothan in an articulated truck, and left a terrible smell behind it? Where do they bury the garbage from Israel?
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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