Abu Dis, Container Mon. 04.04.05 p.m.Observers: Julia W., Chana G., Rahel W. (reporting)When we arrived at the former pishpash at about 2:20, there were no border police or soldiers and people were freely going through the monastery and going over the wall.On our way down the hill on our way to the Cliff Hotel, we noted three border police along the road who were chatting while people were climbing over the wall through a small opening near the barbed wire. They seemed to just ignore what was going on 3 meters away from them.At the Cliff Hotel, there was a bulldozer digging a deep trench along the right hand side of the road. One of the workers told us it was for electricity. When we asked for whom the electricity was meant, he was unclear saying “the soldiers”. There were no border police jeeps or soldiers outside the hotel, but we did notice a pair of boots protruding from a third floor window, presumably those of a border policeman.We went through the monastery and took a transit to the Container. Our driver said that things have been very quiet there and that’s what we found. There was no line at all in either direction. About every 6th vehicle was checked, but IDs were returned within 5 minutes or so. Most of our time there, the checkpoint was empty of vehicles — even though there was a good deal of traffic. When we asked our driver about prohibiting people from East Jerusalem to go through the Container to Bethlehem, he said that was true and some of his friends had been threatened with fines but no one had actually been fined. He said that they were told that they must travel via Checkpoint 300. After our watch, our driver took us to a Center in Azariya, run by Christians, which supports Jahalin women who do magnificent Bedouin embroidery. We promised them that we would let the machsomwatch women know about this wonderful place. It is well worth a visit.