Reihan, Shaked, Sun 29.4.12, Afternoon
Translator Dvora K.
Shaked/ Tura CP
3:15 p.m. – The entry gate to the CP is wide open. The refurbishing is in full swing in the entire area of the CP. Roads are being paved and a pedestrian path is being prepared to replace the dirt road that has been there until now. In addition, there is work in progress for building a covered 'sleeve' . At the side of the compound entrance there is some earth-moving being done. The massive construction work in the entire area looks as if it is preparation for a long stay (and what will be the fate of this place if peace breaks out? I imagine shops and a restaurant and maybe a civic center).
At this time, all is quiet here. An old man goes through. When we turned his attention to the refurbishing, he smiled and gestured as if to say, what difference does it make, let the boys play …..
An Israeli car brings two workers. One of them comes to tell us that recently there have been delays in the passage every morning, until 09:00 and even later. The soldiers are there – but not the (CP) workers. When he makes a comment to them, the answer is: shut up. We promised to find out about this.
An articulated truck arrives loaded with asphalt for the paving. It blocks the passage for a long time and Palestinian cars cannot go through. People who have gone through on foot are waiting for the cars on the side of the CP near us. This delay lasts for almost half an hour.
4:00 At this time workers are returning from work and there is traffic. Only a few cars go through.
4:15 We leave.
Reihan/Barta'a CP
4:25 Workers go through the sleeve in the direction of the West Bank. The gate that turns around is open and two posts are manned. The passage is very quick. One illegal sojourner is on the bench. A man tells us joyfully that he has received a permit to work in Israel.
Only one man comes from the West Bank to the seamline zone. Everything is happening in an orderly and peaceful fashion.
5:00 We left.
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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