Tura-shaked: One of the soldiers treats the Palestinians aggressively

Place:

Barta'a-Reihan

Tura-Shaked

Tags:

Delay in opening the checkpoint

Northern checkpoints

Seam Zone

Observers:

Roni S. and Hannah H. Marcia L., Translation

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Nov-4-2019

Morning

people and a carrige in front of a checkpoint

Waiting for the move after a day's work at harvest

Photo:

Hanna Heller

05:50 – 07:30

05:50 – Barta’a Checkpoint

We were impressed with the number of people this morning going out of this large checkpoint. It was larger than the number we have seen lately. Have they given more permits? It’s not clear. .A large group of people return to the West Bank from their night shift in Shahak (the industrial zone in the Seamline zone). A man who has been prohibited by police requests help, and we give him the relevant telephone numbers.

06:30- Anin Checkpoint

The road approaching the checkpoint is blocked by soldiers who came to manage the checkpoint. They stop two Palestinians who crossed at the Seamline Zone; obviously by breaking through the fence. After five minutes, the soldiers arrive at the checkpoint itself and open it. At 06:40, the passage begins. The inspection of those passing through is conducted at the lower gate, which we cannot see. Therefore, cannot know if everyone was allowed. In all, 70 men and women, two children, and two tractors went through.

07:10 – Tura Checkpoint

The checkpoint is dirty, as usual, but today, for a change, it also smells very bad. The checkpoint is opened late by 30 minutes, as usual--at 07:00 instead of 06:30. Those who pass through complain about the a soldier who treats them aggressively. Cars go through in two directions.

07:10 – Female students pass through to school in Tura.

Location Description

Tura-Shaked Checkpoint

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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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The locked gate at the Anin checkpoint

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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).