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Checkpoint 300: 2019


Bethlehem, West Bank
Checkpoint 300 2019: Image of Palestinians entering the checkpoint with tools and equipment. Photo: Julie Marsh
Site-specific film of Palestinians using turnstile at checkpoint.
Checkpoint 300 2019: Image of Palestinians going through turnstile. Photo: Jonny Fuller-Rowell
Miniature camera with magnetised metal casing for aerial filming.
Film projected back into the site.
Diagram from Alexandra Rijke's Inside Checkpoint 300: Checkpoint Regimes as Spatial Political Technologies in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (2019)
Workers wait on roadside at the start of the day for transport into the city. Photo: Jonny Fuller-Rowell


Checkpoint 300 is a site-specific film made within the main turnstile at Terminal Checkpoint 300 in Bethlehem. This crossing point, in its current configuration, was established in 2005 as part of Israel’s separation wall. Each day, thousands of Palestinians from the southern occupied West Bank must pass through this barrier to reach their workplaces in occupied East Jerusalem. The turnstiles at Checkpoint 300 play a crucial role in managing the flow of people. They are constructed with steel arms that are only 55 cm long — approximately 20–25 cm shorter than the standard turnstile arms commonly used elsewhere in Israel. According to architect and theorist Eyal Weizman (2007), the Israeli Ministry of Defence specifically requested the reduced arm length so that the turnstiles would press tightly against the bodies of Palestinian commuters, making it more difficult to conceal objects under clothing. For those forced to navigate this space, the physical design results in deeply personal disruptions — parents are separated from their children, and workers from the tools or equipment they rely on for their jobs.

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