Abu Dis, Sheikh Saed, Fri 26.9.08, Morning
There is a thin and slow flow of people. Most people go through.
At 10:15 one man who is 50 years old minus 4 month is told to return. When turning to the soldier ("last Friday of Ramadan, his age is so close, let him go pray"), he promises to think about it. 15 minutes later he really lets him through.
At 10:45 a married woman, 38 years old, is sent back. Her older husband went through. The soldier explains that in her case he can not do anything. When we turn to the officer, A., who is down in the Jeep, he explalins that he let through quite a few people who could be prevented from going if they had decided to be particular. But this woman is 7 years younger than should be (at 45 years old a woman can go through without a permit. by 11:15 there are almost no people there who want to go through. I leave and drive to Abu Dis.
There are three detainees there. The soldier tells us that they were seen and photographed climbing the wall with a rope, and they also tore the fence over the wall. He claims that there were attempts to go over the wall in other areas.
Why don't you send them back? why should you detain them?
The detainees tell me that they had been there over two hours. There is nothing I can do for them, and there is almost no one going by.
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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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.
Anat TuegMay-20-2026Nabi Samwil. This is what living conditions look like in an enclave village without building or renovation permits
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