Rihan–Barta’a, Tura-Shaked, Mevo Dotan
Mevoh Dotan- Ya'abed checkpoint
07:00 Three military vehicles park on the road between Amricha and the checkpoint. A soldier wrapped in a prayer shawl prays outside the reinforced vehicle. There is only one soldier at the checkpoint and, for a change, no one tells us to keep our distance.
Traffic streams along without disturbance.
Rihan – Barta'a checkpoint
07:20 We went down the sleeve to the terminal. Opposite us there is a stream of people who report that passage is without problems.
We greet people with "Ramadan Kareem".
Many taxis wait for those who come out.
Shaked-Tura checkpoint
07:40 Normal traffic of people at the checkpoint.
You'd probably be happy to hear that the waste container at the entrance to the checkpoint has been removed finally, but the entire area remains filthy.
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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