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Abu Dis, Ras Abu Sbitan (Olive Terminal), Thu 21.5.09, Morning

Place: Abu Dis / Lazarus gate (formerly The Wicket) Ras Abu Sbitan (Olive Terminal)
Tags: Solitary Confinement
Observers: Shosh H., Michaela R. (reporting)
May-21-2009
| Morning


6:15  Zeitim Crossiing


 
The cargo of a truck headed towards Bethlehem is checked thoroughly.  Cardboard containers are disassembled.

 
During our stay many vehicles were checked, in some cases only documents, in others cargo as well.  Detention time was between 2-10 minutes.

 
6:30

 
The soldiers order a young man to descend from a truck headed towards Bethlehem.  He goes to sit in the shelter.  A while later he is moved to "isolation" quarters in the concrete building next to the shelter, where we could no longer see him.  At some point one of the border-policemen agreed to show us that he had not come to any harm and that "all is proceeding according to the law."  We came up to the entrance, and Sh. gave him a drink of water.  Unable to help any further, we left some 30 minutes after his detention.

 
7:45

 
Traffic at this hour is sparse.  Both checking positions were active.  I stood in the line to the first, with 5 persons ahead of me, and left 5 minutes later.  The pace, evidently, is slow: 1 minute per pers

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  • 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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