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Abu Dis, Ras Abu Sbitan (Olive Terminal), Wadi Nar, Thu 7.7.11, Morning

Place: Abu Dis / Lazarus gate (formerly The Wicket) Ras Abu Sbitan (Olive Terminal)
Tags: Detainees
Observers: Shosh H., Rachel M., Christiana (Italian visitor), Michaela R. (reporting)
Jul-07-2011
| Morning
 
6:50 Olive Terminal
No line; crossing time c. 3 mins.  People dribbling out all the time.
 
Wadi Nar
 
Traffic flows almost unimpeded.  We saw one detained car which was released when we arrived.  The soldiers stand in the shade, minding their own business.
 
We returned by the one-way eastern road.  For years the road had been blocked by a metal barrier "for security reasons" with a narrow passage for pedestrians who had to wriggle between concrete blocks.  It's odd how simple to open the road wide and cancel all those security reasons.  The inconvenience to handicapped persons in wheelchairs and mothers pushing baby carriages turns out to have been quite unnecessary.

  • 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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