Reihan, Wed 2.7.08, Morning
1100 – In the upper CP a few pedestrians are going through to the West Bank. Two passenger cars are undergoing the usual inspection.
Four passenger vehicles on their way to the seamline zone are waiting for inspection. A few vehicles are being inspected in the closed compound.
In the Palestinian parking lot, four trucks are waiting for the inspection of agricultural goods – one of them is loaded with plastic furniture.
A few pedestrians are going through from the West Bank to the terminal. Many drivers are sitting and waiting for passengers. One man complains to us that in the morning and in the afternoon, during rush hour, only one window is manned and because of that there are 'traffic jams' and it takes an hour or more to get through the terminal. People lose time at work. 1200 – 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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