Qalandiya
Fourth Friday of Ramadan
Qalandiya
It’s not incitement by the Palestinian Authority that kills.
It is this:
And this:
It’s not Facebook that causes bloodshed.
It is this:
As well as this:
On the fourth Friday of the Ramadan month, a man died at Qalandiya.
On the last Friday of the Ramadan month, as tens of thousands of men were crowding against the narrow passages, an officer announced on his communication system: “We have lost control”.
What sounded like a report echoed as an operation order for the forces that forced the crowd back with teargas and stun grenades fired at direct laying.
The Red Crescent volunteers, trained and equipped to give immediate medical aid to victims were not present on Ramadan Fridays this year, because of the Israeli army’s harassment of this organization’s ambulances last year.
Some of Mustafa Barghuti’s men were on site, but the only ‘equipment’ they possessed were the vests they were wearing.
Final account of the Red Crescent’s activity at Qalandiya from morning until noon:
1 death
40 people injured by inhaling teargas (most of them treated on site)
10 wounded, taken to hospital in Ramallah
1 woman lost consciousness as a result of sunstroke
1 man wounded by a stun grenade that hit his head
He was bleeding heavily from his head, said the ambulance driver who evacuated him. He’s an elderly man, we call him Sheikh, wearing white clothes, and the blood stained his clothes and red mixed with white.
And, hearing this, felt that the red was flowing between my own fingers over the Sheikh’s white clothes.
In the background, the sovereign’s holiday greeting:
They speak Orwellian.
Qalandiya Checkpoint / Atarot Pass (Jerusalem)
See all reports for this place-
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 FleishmanJun-25-2025Qalandia: West Bank man injured in both legs
-
