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Abu Dis, Wed 21.5.08, Afternoon

Place: Abu Dis / Lazarus gate (formerly The Wicket)
Observers: Daniela G.(reporting) guests: Janice (U.S.A.), Samuel (France)
May-21-2008
| Afternoon

 

Abu Dis 16:00

At the entrance to El-Ezariye there is a checkpoint. The guests ask how it is possible to get to the other side of the wall that seperates in such an arbitrary way between Palestinians and Palestinians. The answer is that one has to go to Ma'ale Adumim, and return.

  • 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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