Bethlehem (300), Etzion DCL, Thu 30.8.12, Afternoon
Etzion DCL,
14:15: we again met the young men who last week had requested permits to visit and take care of their relatives in Hadassah hospital who had been injured in the attack on their car near Bat Ayin, and who with our help had received a permit for a week. They told us they’d taken care of the injured people all week; the permit’s validity had expired and they sought to renew it, but the Etzion DCL refused to extend it.
We telephoned to find out the reason for the refusal and were told that permits are issued only to first-degree relatives such as siblings; these are cousins. Since two of them were siblings and two were cousins, the siblings re-entered, but the cousins were again refused. We began making phone calls. One of the calls that Shlomit made was to the burns unit at Hadassah where the injured are hospitalized. She spoke to the unit’s social worker and to others, and we of course spoke to Chana who began to act.
With Shlomit's and Chana's help all of them – the siblings as well as the cousins – received permits valid for two weeks.
Bethlehem (300)
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Located adjacent to the Separation Wall ("Jerusalem Wrap") at the north entrance to Bethlehem, this checkpoint cuts off Bethlehem and the entire West Bank from East Jerusalem, with all the serious implications for health services, trade, education, work and the fabric of life. The checkpoint is manned by the Border police and private security companies. It is an extensive infrastructure barrier and is designated as a border terminal, open 24 hours a day for foreign tourists. Israeli passport holders are not allowed to pass to Bethlehem, and Palestinian residents are not allowed to enter Jerusalem, except those with entry permits to Israel and East Jerusalem residents. Israeli buses are allowed to travel to Bethlehem only through this checkpoint.The checkpoint, which demonstrated harsh conditions of crowding and extreme passage delays for years, started employing advanced electronic identification posts and has upgraded its gates' system as of the middle of 2019 - and conditions improved.Adjacent to the checkpoint, in an enclosure between high walls and another passage, is the historic Rachel's Tomb, which is now embedded within a concrete fortified building. It contains prayer and study complexes for Jews only, as well as a residential complex. updated November 2019 .
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Etzion DCO
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serves residents of Bethlehem and surrounding villages who need magnetic cards, work permits for Israel, permits for one-time entry for religious or health reasons, various police permits, etc.
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