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Abu Dis, Ras Abu Sbitan (Olive Terminal), Sheikh Saed, Wed 17.11.10, Morning

Place: Abu Dis / Lazarus gate (formerly The Wicket) Ras Abu Sbitan (Olive Terminal) Sheikh Sa'ed
Tags: Passage Restrictions
Observers: Anat T., Dafna S. (reporting)
Nov-17-2010
| Morning

  

 
 
 
 
6:45-8:00
 
Sheikh Saed
 
It's a holiday, no children and no people crossing for work, but a strange tale unfolde…
We entered the village and near the checkpoint met two young men who told us they were unable to return home to Jabel Mukhaber.  They had come to visit their grandmother for the holiday and were not permitted to return.  They hold green ID's with a Jabel Mukhaber address.  The younger had a permit.
The commander of the checkpoint refuses point blank to let them through, and wants them to cross at Kalandia. We spoke to the commander of the Jerusalem separation barrier, E., and after much checking on various computers we were told that only the father has a permit to cross, with strange explanations that perhaps the address in the ID's is a forgery and that they may have to go to the ministry of interior to request family reunion!
 
 
No solution! All the DCO's are closed over the holiday and according to the authorities all permits — and there were tens of thousands of those — should have been arranged beforehand.  For those who had not read or heard… no crossing!  The young men left, and so did we, shamed, while the soldiers at the checkpoint laughed and amused themselves.
 
 
 
Zeitim Terminal
 
The place is filthy and unkempt.
Few are at the checkpoint, and all seems to be in order.  The soldiers ask who we are, etc., and we cross.  And then a family wishes to cross — in festive dress, with permits and two little ones, 4 and 5, who beep at the monitor.  The soldier puts them through three times, the father removes their belts, and the monitor continues to beep.  The father begins to undress the child and the female soldier finally stops him.  Anat filmed.
The family continued on their way, not before the mother had to take off her boots.
 
 
10:00 Sheikh Jarrah
 
We dropped by to see what's up.  There was no one outdoors.  A neighbour tells us that Nasser has left the place.
 
 

 

  • 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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