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Abu Dis, Ras Abu Sbitan (Olive Terminal), Container – Vadi Nar

Place: Abu Dis / Lazarus gate (formerly The Wicket) Ras Abu Sbitan (Olive Terminal)
Observers: Rachel M., Michaela R. (reporting)
May-12-2011
| Morning

  

 
 
6:20 Olive Terminal
 
Not many crossing, passage is quick.  The parking lot is full, vehicles and drivers waiting for passengers.  We wondered whether Israeli measures ahead of Naqba day had prevented people from reaching the checkpoint.
 
Wadi Nar
 
Traffic flows uninterrupted. Soldiers and border policemen are present in the checkpoint area, but they don't harrass the drivers.
 
On the way back we drove along the old road descending from the old Kedar to Al-Azariah.  New paving near old Kedar, and the obstructions (concrete blocks and garbage) have been removed. What prevents vehicles from using this road, which is much superior to the present one, is the metal barrier east of the checkpoint.  If that were to be removed, traffic would move freely.
 
At the checkpoint we were greeted with interest.  In the conversation that developed we discovered shared opinions about may issues, disagreement about others.

  • 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.

  • Ras Abu Sbitan (Olive Terminal)

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    • A large checkpoint/crossing to the area of a-Tur, Abu Dis and the Old City; only for pedestrians. Located on Jerusalem’s municipal boundary.

      One of the major crossings in Jerusalem’s central sector. It is located on the separation fence between the northern portion of the al-Ezariya neighborhood and the neighborhood of a-Tur and the rest of East Jerusalem. It is manned by Border Police soldiers and private security companies and operates 24 hours a day. Palestinians are forbidden to go through, other than permanent residents of East Jerusalem (holders of blue ID cards) and holders of work and commercial permits who are allowed through only on foot.

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