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Abu Dis, Sheikh Saed, Wed 16.3.11, Morning

Place: Abu Dis / Lazarus gate (formerly The Wicket) Sheikh Sa'ed
Observers: Anat Toeg, Dafna Shafir (reporting)
Mar-16-2011
| Morning

  

 
 
 
6:30 – 9:30
 
Sheikh Saed
 
Crossing is fast, no detentions.
We asked whether there were new guide-lines in the wake of the Ittamar events.  The answer was negative.
 
We continued via Silwan — road works cause congestion but the asphalting of the road progresses, and there is no significant presence of police or army.
 
Abu Dis
 
The fence has been cleaned of graffiti!
 
We decided to continue straight to Wadi Nar
 
Wadi Nar
 
Here too we asked the soldiers about changes in guide-lines; the answer was negative.
There was one military policeman among the soldiers.
We did not observe any detention of vehicles.

 

  • 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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    • 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.

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