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Abu Dis, Ras Abu Sbitan (Olive Terminal), Sheikh Saed, Thu 27.9.12, Morning

Place: Abu Dis / Lazarus gate (formerly The Wicket) Ras Abu Sbitan (Olive Terminal) Sheikh Sa'ed
Observers: Rahel M., Shosh H., Michaela R. (reporting)
Sep-27-2012
| Morning

  

Re: תרגום 27.9.12 בוקר
 

 
6:50 Sheikh Saed
 
Children cross easily.
 
Men wait in the corridor; they're allowed to cross only at 7, and meanwhile the corridor fills up.  When they cross a female soldier shouts "One by one, don't you understand Hebrew?"  After c. 15 mins. the line disappears.
 
7:40 Olive Terminal
 
Young students from Al Quds University are waiting in the square.  They are on their way to Tal-Aviv and Jaffa, and the beach too.
 
A jeep patrols, most of the time parked by the regular breach in the fence.  Another jeep patrols on the Al-Ezariya side, warning drivers away with an amplifier at full volume.
 
At the checkpoint, there is a short line in the first corridor.  The second is not operating. In the third people wait to enter the DCO. 
We saw the kids from the nuns' kindergarten next to the Pishpash.  What a distance these little ones have to cross to their kindergarten!
 
We met an old friend, a senior doctor who also works in Hadassah and gets invited to many conferences around the world, yet he still has to carry a permit for limited hours, and has no permit to use his car.  For every emergency he must contact the liason offices and wait for a permit.

  • 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.

  • Sheikh Sa'ed

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    • A checkpoint limited to pedestrians, located on Jerusalem’s municipal boundary.

      The checkpoint sits on the separation fence at the entrance to Sheikh Sa’ad, dividing it from its neighbourhood of Jabel Mukkabar. It’s 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 Jabel Mukkabar or Sheikh Sa'ad who have permits. Both groups are permitted through only on foot. Residents of East Jerusalem who don’t live in Jabel Mukkabar are also allowed to cross to Sheikh Sa’ad, but not in the opposite direction; they must return through the Sawahira ash Sharqiya checkpoint.

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