Shaked, Sat 2.6.12, Morning
Translating Dvora K.
Tura-Shaked 07:30- 08:30
In the area of the CP building and expansion go on. Pedestrians go quickly through the new sleeve in both directions.
The CP gate is locked and a number of cars are waiting nearby. It does not seem as if they intend to open it. The soldiers are sitting calmly in their positions. Those waiting do not know why. In one vehicle there are many students who must get to an examination today. We called the Brigade Menashe and we were answered quickly and courteously: "The lock on the gate is out of order, they cannot open it, someone is being sent to take care of it. The problem will soon be solved." We passed the information on to the people waiting; In the meantime, time is passing, and the worried students turn back and drive away. Another soldier arrives and he too tries to open the lock but does not succeed. It is a simple lock hanging on a chain, and questions come up: Why don't they explain what this is about to those waiting? Why don't they cut the chain? Where is the famous creativity of our empire?
Time passes and there does not seem to be any repair activity on the horizon. We called the brigade again, and again there was a quick and courteous response to the effect that they will arrive immediately.
At half past eight, we had to leave and so we did not see when the gate opened and we could not visit Reihan.
From a highly dependable source we learned that the gate was opened at long last at 09:40 (we do not know by what technological means.)
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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