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Abu Dis, Container (Wadi Nar), Sun 9.11.08, Afternoon

Place: Abu Dis / Lazarus gate (formerly The Wicket) Container (Wadi Nar)
Tags: Flying Checkpoints
Observers: Dvora G., Dafna S. (reporting)
Nov-09-2008
| Afternoon

 

14:30-16-30 Wadi Nar

Before the square,  coming from Ma'aleh Adumim, traffic police vehicles had stopped two cars with yellow license plates, and were writing tickets.  We had not been to Wadi Nar for at least two months — the same dust, and three laboureres working on the descending road.


Heavy traffic of private cars.  The soldiers stop almost every one; a quick check of the trunk, and sometimes of papers.  Few detainees. The checks are fairly quick. The young passengers of one taxi were requested to unload the suitcases which were quickly examined. Few workers cross at the checkpoint.  A truck driver waves and throws us a baladi orange.

 
On the way back to East Jerusalem, at Sheikh Jarach, we encounter police blocking the road.

  • 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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