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Cliff Hotel

Place: Cliff Hotel
Observers: Rachel H,Nina M
Jan-22-2005
| Morning

Abu Dis, Wadi Nar Sat. 22 Jan 2005 AM Watchers: Rachel H and Nina M (reporting) 10:00 –11:40 It was a last day of Eid –el Adha feast. Near closed “bawaba” (pishpash gate). People bypassed through the monastery yard. Border police was absent in this area. Near Cliff hotel a new road, with an iron gate, leading to Kidmat Zion settlement is formed. A soldier can be seen on a roof of an only building of this settlement. At container checkpoint (Wadi Nar) soldiers refuse to speak with us, however at the end one of them provides an information that there are no changes in passing orders because of the holiday. We have an impression that because of our presence soldiers get more energy to act. Two detained men are released and cars pass quickly. A garbage truck is ordered to wait for unpredicted time, but we take interest in this case and suddenly the driver of the truck is ordered to pass

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      A checkpoint on Jerusalem’s municipal boundary.

      It sits on the separation fence south of Abu Dis. The checkpoint is manned by Border Police soldiers and private security companies and operates 24 hours a day. Palestinians are forbidden to go through, other than residents of the Qunbar and Surhi families who live west of the separation fence, some of whom have blue ID cards and others have entry permits to Jerusalem. Other Palestinians, including residents of East Jerusalem, are not permitted through the checkpoint. Visitors to the families are permitted through the checkpoint only after their hosts obtain permits for them at the checkpoint.
       

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