Abu Dis, Container (Wadi Nar), Sun 21.12.08, Afternoon
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14:00-16:30 Wadi Nar
No delays on the way to Wadi Nar. The checkpoint itself is not yet entirely organised. 6 men, some of them military police and some border police. Sparse traffic. The road is already fully operative.
The commander comes up to greet us and says that there is much activity here, quite a number of stolen vehicles and merchandise have been caught. He's already familiar with the taxi drivers and some of the private vehicles. Checking is rapid. Workers arrive from the Kader side too in Israeli vehicles. On the way back we drove through Sheikh Jerrakh. Just before the entrance to the neightbourhood, next to the homes of the Jewish group, a police car in the empry lot on whose side is a barbed wire fence with the sign "Israeli Territory." A few person are clustered round the green canvas tent. We did not see the lady who owns the place. |
Abu Dis / Lazarus gate (formerly The Wicket)
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Abu Dis / Lazarus Checkpoint/Gate (east of the former “wicket”)
Construction of the wall in the Abu Dis area blocked all the gaps that allowed people to cross from al-Ezariya to the neighbourhoods of Abu Dis and Ras al 'Amud that are located within Jerusalem’s municipal boundary. The Lazarus checkpoint is a gate in the wall adjacent to the Lazarus Monastery. Until 2011 it had a door for pilgrims to al-Ezariya and for the monastery’s kindergarten pupils from al-Ezariya. The crossing is currently closed, but the site has infrastructure for conducting inspections.
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Container (Wadi Nar)
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Wadi Nar Checkpoint ("Container", "The Kiosk") - a barrier for vehicles in Area B that is regularly manned - east of Abu Dis between Sawahra A Sharqiya and Bethlehem and its daughters. Controls Palestinian movement between the north and south West-Bank. Includes driving routes, access roads, spikes, traffic lights and signs. There is no pedestrian crossing. Open 24 hours a day with random checks enhanced on security alerts. The checkpoint is in Palestinian territory, allowing for separation between the north and the south Palestinian areas when necessary.
In 2015, the leading road from Azaria to Bethlehem was renovated, as well as the steep and narrow ascent to the Wadi Nar checkpoint, which was dangerously travelled in both directions! The temporary checkpoint was renovated and expanded, and pedestrian traffic was banned. From 2016, traffic travelling from the south bank to Azaria was directed to a one-way road near the Southern Keydar Jewish settlement.
Machsomwatch shifts visit this far-fetched checkpoint only occasionally.
(updated to July 2019)
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