Jerusalem
Qalandiya and Ar-RamTue. 31/5/05 AMLital Y., Liliane L. (reporting)Anata 6:40 a.mLots of garbage all around.A few pedestrians,some cars.The traffic is fluid, checkings are quickly done.Some adolescents are joking with the soldiers.Two young men noticing our tags tell us:”Do some thing to cancel those checkpoints.We are so tired about all this situation”We don’t delate our departure from the place.Unlike the delated man who sits aside.Who knows for how long.Ar-Ram 7:10 a.mThe traffic is smooth. Here too,this morning there are not many pedestrians crossing the check-point (still too early?)A civilian is standing close to the soldiers.One of the soldiers tells us that the man works for the taxes department,but then froze and looks like he regrets what he just said. And there is also a police car waiting at the corner of a street close to the check-point and the police officer stops and checks some of the car drivers.Qalandiya 7:30 a.mA long cueue of about 30 cars .Difficult for us to know how long the drivers had to wait because the car we picked up for waiting time estimation ,suddenly managed to bypass all the cars and went through the checking within 10 mn ….A few pedestrians.The humanitarian line almost empty.Back to Jerusalem at 8:30.On the way back ,at A-Ram ,we notice a long file -about 20 cars-
Jerusalem
See all reports for this place-
The places in East Jerusalem which are visited routinely by MachsomWatch women are Silwan and Sheikh Jarrah. During the month of Ramadan, also the Old City and its environs are monitored.
-