Tura-Shaked checkpoint: Military garbage - as a trademark

Place:

Barta'a-Reihan

Tura-Shaked

Ya'bed-Dotan

Tags:

Northern checkpoints

Seam Zone

Observers:

Rachel Weizman and Ruthi Tuval (reporting, Photos) Translation: Bracha Ben-Avraham

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Sep-5-2021

Afternoon

Ya`abed checkpoint: scrap is moving from Israel to the West Bank

Photo:

Ruti Tuval

Barta`a Checkpoint: Happy to return home after work

Photo:

Ruti Tuval

15:30 Tura Shaked Checkpoint,

The litter, which has become the trademark of this checkpoint, has spread to include the inside of the sleeve info-icon and the soldiers don’t intend to lift a finger. Traffic was flowing in both directions without delay. W. from Tura complained that he is not allowed to graze his flock of sheep in the seamline zone as he once was. he had approached the District Coordination and Liaison Office and was refused. We have his phone number and will attempt to find out more about this.

16:00 We drove past Barta’a Checkpoint. Many people were already hurrying down the long sleeve. The sides of the road were free of cars, so it appeared that the police had been here recently.

16:08 – Yaabed Dotan Checkpoint - Rachel

There was a new area in front of the memorial or Moshe Tamam that was erected here recently after his murderer was freed. Many cars were zigzagging from one side to the other without delay. A soldier observed us from the pillbox and many drivers waved to us in greeting.

16:30 – Barta’a Reihan Checkpoint - Seamline Zone Side

We drove past the crowded parking lots on the Palestinian side again. Many workers were not aware of the upcoming closure info-icon . A security guard reminded us that this checkpoint is open 365 days a year. We assumed that people who work in Barta’a can cross. Someone returning from work in Israel informed us confidently that the closure would begin next Monday afternoon at 16:00 and continue for two days. People would work on Thursday despite what was publicized in Israel. All we can do is to expect the repercussions upon the lives of residents of the northern West bank because of the six prisoners who escaped from the Gilboa prison that took place last night.

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)

Mar-22-2022

Ruti Tuval

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).

Ya’abad-Dotan

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This checkpoint is located on road 585, at the crossroads of Mevo Dotan settler-colony / Jenin/ Ya’abad. It has an army watchtower (‘pillbox’ post) and concrete blocs that slow down vehicular traffic. It was erected when Barta’a Checkpoint, lying to the west on the Separation Fence, was privatized and its operation was passed over to civilian security personnel. Since December 2009 this checkpoint enables flow of Palestinian vehicular traffic towards the Barta’a Checkpoint. Seldom is it manned by soldiers sitting in the watchtower, who conduct random inspections of vehicles and passengers. (february 2020)