Reihan, Shaked, Sat 25.7.09, Morning
Shaked-Tura, 0730 – 0810
The traffic is flowing in both directions — pedestrians and cars. At the CP there is a vociferous group of men and women soldiers from the Military Police, that we have never seen here. The soldiers are careful to direct the pedestrians to the path at the side that is exclusively for them. This, too, is a new phenomenon. Despite the shouting and the rude attitude, the passage is quick.
At the side of the soldiers' post, we see a young fellow on his knees. We understood that he is detained because he has no permit to go through. Because of the distance, we have no way of finding out the details of this matter, but the instructions of the soldiers for him to stay on his knees is very jarring. We called the DCO and after a few moments – there is no way of knowing if it was because of our intervention — the fellow is freed and sent on his way to the West Bank. We think that he intended to get into the seamline zone.
There is a great deal of traffic in both directions. Those in cars and taxis draw their magnetic cards through the guard post and continue on their way to the West Bank. Those leaving the terminal tell us that there is a lot of pressure inside, and they had to wait for half an hour (!). They say that this situation was the same yesterday and the day before yesterday. Only one post is open. We got in touch with Ronen, who is responsible for the CP and we asked him to intervene so that the passage will be quicker. A second post was not opened, but in the course of half an hour people leaving the terminal reported that the wait time was shorter, about 20 minutes.
At the vehicle CP two cars were waiting every time we looked.
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)
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