Abu Dis, Sheikh Saed, Mon 24.12.07, Morning
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6:30, we are at Sheich Saed, a sad but wellprotected barrier. No one can get through unless the one B.P. and two manpower guards will allow it. Most passing people are small children going to school on either side of the barrier. Some are so small they can not even move the carousell. A few green ID's are let in with permits. In general traffic is very very thin. The man that delivers milk products to Sheich Saed is let through, into the neighbourhood. We are told that this is beyond the call of duty, he would really have to go through Zeitun.
We decide to check on the police and Border police presence in East Jerusalem. unlike the week before, which was *erev hag* in the moslem world, the city around 7:30 is still sleeping. Very few people on the street, the shops are still closed and the schools closed for Christmas.
We walk into Nablus Gate. Two BPs are stopping passers by ever so often, checking their IDs and writing their names down(?) We walk down Nablus road, then Salah A Din,Women BP are at two intersections but traffic moves along undisturbed.
It is a regular weekday in East Jerusalem, everything is as usual, including the fact that any Policeman/or woman. regular police or BP can stop you at any moment and ask you for your ID/ working permit/ staying in Jerusalem permit and the like.
We returned shortly after 9:00.
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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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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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