Abu Dis, Ras abu Sbitan, Sheikh Sa'ed, Silwan,
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The wall is not connected to the fence
A bird's eye view from the Olives CP
We drove to see the work on the new road from the neighbourhood (area B) to El-Azariya and Jerusalem, constructed by the Palestinian Authority with foreign aid. To be frank, we were disappointed. As far as we could see, nothing radical is being done -- a certain amount of patching up and broadening of the steep road which is impassable in winter. The taxi bumps over every pothole, and the flow of the polluted Kidron can be identified by the smell.
Traces of the start of summer vacation are evident at the checkpoint. Workers cross after a short wait, and some of the children cross over to the faster humanitarian crossing.
7:45 Silwan
Garbage, garbage everywhere. The archaeological dig is no longer active, but has not been entirely covered. We read in Ha-aretz that these salvage digs are partly funded by the "Elad" lobby. There is a financial intermediary, but the simple truth is that the archaeologists of the Antiquities Authority are delighted to dig with money from the settlers' lobby.
8:20 Olive Terminal