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Shaked, Sat 22.12.07, Morning
Place:
Tura-Shaked
Observers: Mara, Shula
14:10 Shaked (Tura) Checkpoint
Do the "Greens" read our reports? On the way to Shaked Checkpoint we see soldiers collecting garbage into bags, though the dumpsters facing the temporary emplacement – that was cleared– are still full to the brim. The Shaked position that was clearedlooks clean. Coming up to the festival, there is noticeable lively traffic of families. Taxis arrive at the checkpoint and deposit passengers who are passing into the West Bank. From the opposite direction people are also coming, but fewer. A shepherd with a small flock of sheep passes towards the isolated houses of Tura village.
14:40 Reihan (Bartaa) Checkpoint
The new barrier that greets people crossing Reihan Checkpoint is a reminder to the Palestinians, especially those whose land the checkpoint occupies, of how they used to draw water for free from wells instead of receiving expensive drops from the Mekorot Water Company.
14:40 Reihan (Bartaa) Checkpoint
The new barrier that greets people crossing Reihan Checkpoint is a reminder to the Palestinians, especially those whose land the checkpoint occupies, of how they used to draw water for free from wells instead of receiving expensive drops from the Mekorot Water Company.
The gardening in the area is developing to sickening dimensions.
At the checkpoint, lively traffic of men, women and children – in honour of the festival (el Adha – the sacrifice). Workers who have been in various places are returning home with bags in their hands, full of goodies as presents to their families. Families are crossing, mothers with children and many young boys. Four of them come over to us to tell their sad tales. We take notes, will try to help. An ambulance from Jenin arrives at the checkpoint to take a seriously injured child from Bartaa. Not clear to us how or what is the injury. Apparently the transfer of the child is being carried out without any special delay.
No vans with agricultural produce like on normal days.
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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