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Abu Dis, Container (Wadi Nar), Sun 4.1.09, Afternoon

Place: Abu Dis / Lazarus gate (formerly The Wicket) Container (Wadi Nar)
Tags: Detainees
Observers: Dvora G., Dafna S. (reporting)
Jan-04-2009
| Afternoon
 
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14:00 – 16:30 

On the way to Wadi Nar, at the Al-Ezariya and Maaleh Adomim intersection, there is a border-police vehicle across the road.  Vehicles pass undeterred.

At the Zeitim Crossing 6 soldiers crowd the same single spot.  Checking.  Cars move slowly — random stops and checking of documents.

One vehicle, carrying a passenger with a green ID and and another with a blue ID from Al-Ezariya, is delayed for more than 30 mins.  When we inquire, the checkpoint commander replies that the check will be over in 5-10 mins, and so it is.

All is conducted quietly, and generally no different from other days.
On the way back the border-police vehicle is no longer there.
   

  • 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.

  • 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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