Qalandiya
Right there, on the right traveled by the vehicles, next to the concrete embankment in front of the dirt pile, right there she fell in her own blood, right there she lost her life – the woman shot by the security guards at the checkpoint on Wednesday morning.
Palestinians who witnessed the event, and those who heard about it from the witnesses, said:
-She wasn’t from here (Qalandiya), she was from Jericho.
-She lay there for an hour, maybe more, until the ambulance came and took her.
-She came in order to die.
-After they shot her, they placed a knife next to her.
-It’s a fruit knife, not a knife to stab anyone.
-They yelled at her not to proceed but she doesn’t hear very well and maybe she heard them and couldn’t understand.
-Why kill? They could push her, and not kill.
A security guard who was not present at the time of the event said the woman walked forth, took a large knife out of her sleeve, and waved it at the security guards, they shot one bullet at her that hit her leg. The woman died of loss of blood.
I don’t know whether there was a knife or not, but I do know that this was another execution, and I know that if any of the many armed personnel present were to place a tourniquet on the wounded leg, it is most likely that the woman would not be dead.
What I also know is that this woman too passes under the radar of the Israeli public’s awareness.
My photo was taken from afar, for it is scary – very scary – to walk over there. Anyone doing so is risking their life.
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 FleishmanMay-31-2026Qalandiya. Human remains or clothing remains
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