Cliff Hotel
Abu Dis, Container Thursday PM, 21.10.04Observers: Drora P., Tami B., Daniella G., Maya BH (reporting)Abu Dis, 15:45.Cliff hotel. Desolate. 2 rather friendly BPs walk outand talk to us. At the pishpash gate, we discover that a brand new concreteslab has been deposited on the left side, where people used to clamberacross. The young and numble still do it, but it is much harder now.We ourselves gave up, and crossed through the adjacentmonastary. The taxi drivers pinned it on the infamous G. We called BPheadquarters to see if this was a move they ordered or at least wereawareof. We didn’t get a clear answer, but it seems they were surprised.Future teams — please report.Container New carousals have been installed in the pedestrianpassageways, and perhaps new lavatories, too. There was very littletraffic in either direction, no queues at all, and the soldiers inattendance hardly checked anybody, and were not unfriendly to us,either.We were given a drive back to Abu Dis by a bus driver who refusedpayment,out of gratitude. As soon as darkness fell, there were no transits orpeople in sight. All probably gone to break the fast.
Cliff Hotel
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Cliff Hotel
A checkpoint on Jerusalem’s municipal boundary.It sits on the separation fence south of Abu Dis. The checkpoint is manned by Border Police soldiers and private security companies and operates 24 hours a day. Palestinians are forbidden to go through, other than residents of the Qunbar and Surhi families who live west of the separation fence, some of whom have blue ID cards and others have entry permits to Jerusalem. Other Palestinians, including residents of East Jerusalem, are not permitted through the checkpoint. Visitors to the families are permitted through the checkpoint only after their hosts obtain permits for them at the checkpoint.
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