Qalandiya
The sprinkler didn't skip over Calandia
The representatives of La Familia have sprayed and mutilated Marwan Barguti's face.
The graffiti of Marwan Barguti's, face which decorates already several years the separation wall, determines the apartheid boundary, and is a symbol of hope and liberation.
It is not accidentally that this place and the portrait of this man were chosen to generate there this act of hooliganism.
The last day of Id-El-Fiter.
Dressed in their finery the Palestinians, with their children and their elders, streamed to the CP from all the towns of the West Bank, to perform the custom of family visitation.
People streamed to East Jerusalem, and from it.
The reality proves that in spite of the many years that have passed and in spite of the physical severance which the State of Israel has created between the Palestinians of Jerusalem and the inhabitants of the West Bank, neither the wall nor the checkpoint, nor the limitations and the rules and the regulations, succeeded in obstructing the ties of the heart.
The Parking Lot which has been confiscated for the duration of the month of Ramadan and has been changed into a sterile region for the implementation of the selections and the criteria fixed by the authorities, has now been returned to its natural owners. Most of it, but not all of it. All along its western flank concrete obstructions have been placed, so that the area intended for parking has been reduced.
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)
Tamar FleishmanApr-26-2026Qalandiya. Things you see on the way
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