Reihan, Shaked, Sat 22.12.07, Morning
Translation: Devorah K.
Shaked CP 07:45-08:15
The CP is wide open and almost completely empty. During the half hour that we were there two pedestrians, one car, and one biker went through. They all went through quickly.
Reihan CP 08:30-09:45
The terminal is full to overflowing: on both sides there are groups of 20 -30 people waiting at the gates in order to enter the terminal. This is a sight that we haven't seen at this time of day for months. The turnstile at the entrance to the terminal, through which both those going in and those coming out have to pass, keeps getting stuck and people get caught in it. Only one window is open. Those coming out of the terminal tell us about inspection in the inner rooms and delays of one to two hours! Inside, there are still very many people waiting. We hear the noise, but as usual, there is nobody we can talk to. Then we found the person who heads the CP, a civilian called Raz, and we asked him to take care of the situation. He went over there and the turnstile did begin to turn as it should, another window was opened and the passage was speeded up a bit. After that, again many people arrive from both directions, and again there is a queue on both sides of the entrance. The second window is open but operating only part of the time. We did not have any success finding Raz again.
Most of the people go through to their destinations; an Israeli family from Jissr-A-Zarka is sent to Salem and a young fellow is detained until his status is clarified; it happens to him every day, he says. He is helped by a lawyer and does not ask for our help.
At the vehicle CP, eight cars are waiting while four others are being inspected by means of the tiresome dog routine in the shed. The inspection takes at least half an hour and most of the people have to wait an hour all told. The procedures that we saw today in the crowded CP were being carried out very slowly with the ordinary acts of humiliation. We thought – if there has to be privatization, maybe it should be total? Instead of potted plants and wells, it might be a good idea to reward the workers for giving speedy courteous treatment? Moreover, if this is a "border terminal", as the authorities say, why do they still prevent Israeli citizens who are not settlers from going to the West Bank? As you undoubtedly remember, it started with a closure because of the holidays, and gradually the holidays extended throughout the year.
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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