‘Anabta, ‘Isawiya (East Jerusalem), Al-Ezariya, Container (Wadi Nar)
Very much the same situation in all the sites we visited. Traffic moves freely through Anata checkpoint; children trudge along the pedestrian path on their way home from school; the garbage remains scattered amidst the broken glass
Two of the three exits from Issawiyya are unmanned and open; the one to Mt. Scopus remains blocked.
Azariah seems to have gotten new shipments of junk which line the roads. Hundreds of trashed motor vehicles and other items. The hemmed in Bedouin on the road to Wadi Naar are maintaining their presence in their narrow confines.
Little change from previous weeks.
'Anabta CP
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'Anabta CP
The checkpoint is located south of the village of 'Anabta, at the intersection of Road 60 (leading to Nablus at the entrance to Area A), with Road (57, 557, 5576) facing west towards the Einav settlement and the checkpoint at the exit from the West Bank - Figs checkpoint. Until 2010 we used to watch the intersection and report the long columns created due to a slow inspection of the vehicles in both directions.
Oct-28-2011Anabta checkpoint 24.10.11
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'Isawiya (East Jerusalem)
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Isawiya is an Arab neighborhood in East Jerusalem, located on the eastern slopes of Mount Scopus in northern Jerusalem, on the edge of the Judean Desert. It is limited by the Slopes of Mount Scopus National Park, which was declared in 2012 to prevent the expansion of the neighborhoods of A-Tur and Isawiya. It has about 16,000 residents, but the neighborhood does not have a service and commercial center — a fact that causes the residents to consume services in the commercial center of the adjacent Jewish neighborhood French Hill .Most of the residents of the neighborhood work in Jerusalem.
The municipal plan for the neighborhood has been held up for years. This causes housing shortage and culminates in extensive demolitions of unpermitable home extentions and any new building. Unrest and violence follow, and police enters houses at night and throws gas graneds near schools.,.
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Al-'Eizariya
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Al-'Eizariya
At exit from Al-'Eizariya, before square leading to Maale Adumim. Mobile checkpoint (jeep and Border Police) operating till 09:00 am, facilitating traffic exiting Maale Adumin on three kilometer strip of road, also permissible for Palestinian vehicles. A similar checkpoint in the opposite direction, on road between Mishor Adumim and Adumim Junction. This checkpoint facilitates settler traffic on the Jerusalem-Jericho-Rift Valley road.
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Container (Wadi Nar)
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Wadi Nar Checkpoint ("Container", "The Kiosk") - a barrier for vehicles in Area B that is regularly manned - east of Abu Dis between Sawahra A Sharqiya and Bethlehem and its daughters. Controls Palestinian movement between the north and south West-Bank. Includes driving routes, access roads, spikes, traffic lights and signs. There is no pedestrian crossing. Open 24 hours a day with random checks enhanced on security alerts. The checkpoint is in Palestinian territory, allowing for separation between the north and the south Palestinian areas when necessary.
In 2015, the leading road from Azaria to Bethlehem was renovated, as well as the steep and narrow ascent to the Wadi Nar checkpoint, which was dangerously travelled in both directions! The temporary checkpoint was renovated and expanded, and pedestrian traffic was banned. From 2016, traffic travelling from the south bank to Azaria was directed to a one-way road near the Southern Keydar Jewish settlement.
Machsomwatch shifts visit this far-fetched checkpoint only occasionally.
(updated to July 2019)
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