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Abu Dis, Ras Abu Sbitan (Olive Terminal), Sun 14.11.10, Afternoon

Place: Abu Dis / Lazarus gate (formerly The Wicket) Ras Abu Sbitan (Olive Terminal)
Observers: orit Y., Ruth O. (reporting)
Nov-14-2010
| Afternoon

 

 

 

13:30 – 16:00

An uneventful shift, only some depressing thoughts.

 

Driving through Jabel Muckaber, along the American road and down the slope from Abu Dis towards the Olive CP, makes one realize how hypocritical the declaration of our leaders is that all of Jerusalem is ours. All the roads are narrow and full of holes, some parts even unpaved. The filth is unbearable; all garbage cans are overflowing and dirt gathers in heaps along the sides. All this testifies that there is no municipal care whatsoever in these parts of the combined city. There is only one bright spot the new school with its colorful windows built by the Palestinian authority!

 

As usually at this hour of the day, the OliveTerminal is empty.

 

In Wadi Nar the traffic flows undisturbed in all directions. The soldiers don't insist on a sterile area in front of the check point and they even lost their hand wave ordering the traffic to approach.

Our presence did not arouse any interest, and although we came very close to their post, no one came to ask us what we are doing there.

Only one car which came from the south was held up for paper inspection of five minutes.

As said above a very boring shift!

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • 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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