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Abu Dis, Sat 18.5.13, Morning

Place: Abu Dis / Lazarus gate (formerly The Wicket)
Observers: Michaela R. (reporting) Ram R. (photographer)
May-18-2013
| Morning
 
 
 
 
Abu Dis
 
In the wake of a small report in "Ma'an" we drove this morning to Abu Dis and filmed the breach in the wall. 
The breach is near the gas station, on the left, just where the concrete slabs of the wall are replaced by the "decorative" wall. 
 
Some use their hammers to smash and destroy; others to blaze a trail to freedom for their people.
 

 

 

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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.

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