Reihan, Shaked, Sun 27.2.11, Afternoon
15:00 Shaked-Tura checkpoint
On going but rather scarce traffic on both directions of the checkpoint. People get out of the cars, walk the road leading to the inspection cabin and the driver returns to the car, which is inspected a few minutes later (not too thoroughly). He then picks up his passengers and proceed to his destination.
The driver of another car get out, also a young woman and an elderly woman, who is using a cane. Children remain inside the vehicle.
From the direction of the West Bank people arrive on foot and are picked up by passing vehicles in the direction of the Seam Line zone.
We talk with a bank mangaer, who is elegantly attired, and with drivers who drive through the checkpoint. One of them, whose truck we've seen waiting for a long period of time, tells us that he was not permitted to bring in three sacks of tobacco and was forced to return to Tura and leave the sacks with an acquaintance of his until he'll sort things out and receive the proper permits for transferring the goods. A waste of time and a hassle.
Another driver arriving from the Seam Line zone leaves his car by the gate, undergoes inspection and later returns with a big motorized instrument that was brought from the West Bank.
Two detainees sit by the watchtower and a soldier watches them.
One of the drivers told us that those fellows wanted to cross over to Daher-el -Malec (from the West Bank into the Seam Line zone) without proper papers.
People go through on bicycles and on foot, in a sort of routine which they appear to have gotten used to and do not complain about.
We leave and hour and a quarter later.
16:25 Reihan-Barta'a checkpoint
Workers get off Israeli vehicles and walk fast through the sleeve into the terminal and from there, home. The turnstile is open and whoever arrive just go through. It takes about three minutes from the entrance to the terminal to the exit on the other side of the sleeve (the Palestinian car park ). When a large group of people arrive at the same time, the turnstile closes after 10 people have passed and passage time is prolonged.
4 detainees sit on the bench at the entrance to the terminal awaiting decision regarding their passage.
From the Seam Line zone side most of those coming are women, at times with a child, and they walk through the other turnstile. I've not seen a woman without a head cover.
We leave and return to the Tura-Shaked checkpoint to find out the fate of the detainees. While attempting to find out a shepherd arrives, riding a donkey with a decorated saddle. He is followed by a herd of 60 beautiful goats that line up in rows of three. A white goat walks at the end. The Shepherd gets off his donkey and the convoy goes through without being stopped for inspection.
A routine of life under occupation…
I am new to MachsomWatch and am still amazed by the Palestinians'acceptance of the burden of occupation. They wait patiently. I haven't observed any resentment or impatience, many smile and greet us. They talk to each other, laugh, wait la ong time for transportation, are forced to walk or travel long distances from their homes instead of crossing a road or a field, and this repeats day after day – the routine of the occupation.
I, if in their place would have "exploded" for all the injustices, big as well as small.
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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