Qalandiya
There’s no Yad Lebanim in the refugee camp.
In the refugee camp there’s a memorial project. There’s a memorial wall.
Five murdered by the IDF will be commemorated with portraits on the long white wall.
The first two have already been placed. The face of the next one is already visible in the pale area on the right.
The others will also appear, one after the other, on the white wall.
I know Ali Khalifa. Of the first two, he’s the one on the right. “Know” in the present tense. Death doesn’t erase the fact I know him. Death strengthens my knowledge, death obligates the living.
Ali was shot in the back by soldiers from the Kfir unit at dawn of the first day of Ramadan four years ago.
“The IDF is looking into it” was the army’s response.
The IDF is still looking into this murder and those which preceded it and those which followed.
The IDF is looking into it/looked into it/will look into it
What the children taught me:
– How much is it? I asked children offering slips of paper printed with Koran verses
– How much will you give me?
– How much do you want?
– It’s not for sale, it’s from the Prophet. We offer it, and whoever wants it gives whatever they wish.
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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