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Abu Dis, Container (Wadi Nar), Thu 25.9.08, Morning

Place: Abu Dis / Lazarus gate (formerly The Wicket) Container (Wadi Nar)
Observers: Ora K., Yehudit S., Michaela R. (reporting)
Sep-25-2008
| Morning

07:15 (06:15 Palestinian time)

Sheikh Saed


There is a line in front of the carousel. There are many school children. Most of them go through without being checked. The documents of a pupil who seems to be 15-16 are throughly checked. The person who checks him wants to send him abck, but finally there is a decision to let him pass.
The documents of the grown ups are being checked quickly.
Three soldiers put a flying checkpoint in front of the bus station just before the American road. Cars on both directions were being checked.
A man who is a head of a kindergarden in Sheikh Saed turned to us. He told us that they have difficulty arranging school trips to the kindergarden children, since some of the teachers have Palestinian IDs. We will try to find out what can be done.

Ezariye

We brought and gave a computer to a crippled chil  in Ezariye. We took the opportunity to take the long way to Wadi Naar. It was very quiet. Especiallly at the area of El Quds university. Maybe because of Ramadan. 


Wadi Naar

There is no line. The traffic flaws. 

  • 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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