Hizma, Qalandiya
Qalandiya and Hizme
Near the concrete circles, that’s where she fell when she was shot, told us a fellow who witnessed the shooting of the young woman who entered the checkpoint through the vehicle lane last week.
They shouted at her that this was forbidden but she either did not hear them or didn’t understand and continued. Then five shots were fired. Three in the air and two at her legs. And there, near the concrete circles, she fell down and lay.
The Palestinian ambulance that arrived was not allowed to enter the checkpoint. It stood there for 15 minutes at the entrance and was not allowed to approach the woman lying on the road.
After 15 minutes an Israeli ambulance arrived and picked her up, Raghed Shu’ani.
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The patient has already been placed inside the ambulance. All that is left for the two teams to do is fold the stretchers, close the doors and leave the car-park on the Palestinian side of the checkpoint.
In between we heard that the man is in critical condition, a cancer patient treated in hospital in Ramallah. But because there is not a single machine for radiation treatment in Palestine he was transferred to Augusta Victoria Hospital in East Jerusalem, because there, in Jerusalem, under Israeli territory, there are two such machines. There he received the treatment that was denied him in the West Bank. And now he is being returned to hospital in Ramallah.
On Thursday the Israeli army closed off the entrances to Hizme Village.
Soldiers are present at the main entrance everyday-all day. Sometimes they inspect passersby, sometimes they rest.
The exit to the Jericho road is closed – no car is allowed in or out.
“It’s been four days already and I haven’t earned a single Shekel”, said the car wash manager. “They throw stones”, said Itai, the lieutenant who commanded the soldiers, sounding the excuse for collective punishment. Stones or no stones, the thing that scares soldiers most is the camera.
- I don’t use the rifle because I don’t want to get in trouble…
- When something happens to you, you’ll appreciate our work…
And so forth.
Hizma
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Hizma
A checkpoint at the north-eastern entrance to the Jerusalem area which was annexed in 1967, at Pisgat Zeev. The passage is allowed to bearers of blue IDs only. Open 24 hours a day.
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Qalandiya Checkpoint / Atarot Pass (Jerusalem)
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Click here to watch a video from Qalandiya checkpoint up to mid 2019 Three kilometers south of Ramallah, in the heart of Palestinian population. Integrates into "Jerusalem Envelope" as part of Wall that separates between northern suburbs that were annexed to Jerusalem in 1967: Kafr Aqab, Semiramis and Qalandiya, and the villages of Ar-Ram and Bir Nabala, also north of Jerusalem, and the city itself. Some residents of Kafr Aqab, Semiramis and Qalandiya have Jerusalem ID cards. A terminal operated by Israel Police has functioned since early 2006. As of August 2006, northbound pedestrians are not checked. Southbound Palestinians must carry Jerusalem IDs; holders of Palestinian Authority IDs cannot pass without special permits. Vehicular traffic from Ramallah to other West Bank areas runs to the north of Qalandiya. In February 2019, the new facility of the checkpoint was inaugurated aiming to make it like a "border crossing". The bars and barbed wire fences were replaced with walls of perforated metal panels. The check is now performed at multiple stations for face recognition and the transfer of an e-card. The rate of passage has improved and its density has generally decreased, but lack of manpower and malfunctions cause periods of stress. The development and paving of the roads has not yet been completed, the traffic of cars and pedestrians is dangerous, and t the entire vicinity of the checkpoint is filthy. In 2020 a huge pedestrian bridge was built over the vehicle crossing with severe mobility restrictions (steep stairs, long and winding route). The pedestrian access from public transport to the checkpoint from the north (Ramallah direction) is unclear, and there have been cases of people, especially people with disabilities, who accidentally reached the vehicle crossing and were shot by the soldiers at the checkpoint. In the summer of 2021, work began on a new, sunken entrance road from Qalandiya that will lead directly to Road 443 towards Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. At the same time, the runways of the old Atarot airport were demolished and infrastructure was prepared for a large bus terminal. (updated October 2021)
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