Abu Dis, ContainerTue. 29.03.05 PMObservers; Chana G., Julia W., Rahel W. (reporting)Arrived via A Tur. There was a border police jeep and three BPs at the pishpash checking people climbing over the wall but not those coming through the monastery.Continued to the Cliff Hotel which is in worse shape from week to week. There was no sign of anyone present, but we later saw a BP emerge from there and another on the top floor. No sign of any changes in the settlement behind the hotel.Went through the monastery to meet our driver who took us to the Container. He told us that things have been quiet and that cars pass easily through the container, but there are continuous BP patrols throughout Al Ezariya and Abu Dis. When we got to the Container, there was a line of about 20 vehicles but that was because of a change of guard. Within minutes, it was totally clear in both directions.The DCO representative came over to speak with us. He told us that the checkpoint is now open 24 hours a day and that while only humanitarian cases are supposed to go through during the night, they in fact allow almost everyone through. There were three young men being detained and we asked why. He said that “they wanted to demonstrate”. When we asked how they got that information, he said it was by random check. They were released within about 15 minutes. On our return, there was a BP jeep near Al Quds. At the New CP near Al Ezariya cemeteries, just about everyone was being stopped but their ID’s were returned within about 10 minutes. After climbing up the hill and either climbing over the wall or going through the monastery, all people were checked yet again. While the movement at the Container was very smooth and uneventful, one feels the increasing sense of suffocating claustrophobia as the wall chokes off these communities.