Abu Dis, Wadi NarThurs. Jan. 13.05 PMObservers: Ora A., Nurit S. (reporting)shift took place between 3-6 pmAbu Dis: We were unable to drive up to the hotel because the road leading to it is in such bad condition and decided not to walk up there because we were anxious to make it to Wadi Nar in time to be present when the workers and students pass as it was Thursday afternoon.Pishpash: people were passing freely through the monastery grounds. There were some soldiers around but they were not stopping people.Ma'ale Adumim: There was a huge traffic jam at Ma'ale Adumim. There were a series of jeeps parked around the roundabout stopping cars at random. When we asked the soldiers why they were doing that, they said that they didn't know. We really couldn't understand why there was such a big traffic jam.Wadi Nar: A short time after we arrived long lines of vehicles appeared from the Al Ezariya side. The checkpoint was working efficiently and the cars passed quickly and pedestrians were not stopped at all. We observed no special problems. We approached one car that was being detained in order to find out why but the driver didn't want to talk to us.It got dark before the whole line got through. Apparently the "rush hour" at Wadi Nar was late because of the big traffic jam at Ma'ale Adumim, but the soldiers at the checkpoint were relaxed and allowing everybody to pass.Az Za'ayyem: There was a traffic jam there too, but when we finally reached the checkpoint we saw that there was nobody actually checking there and the jam was caused because the three lanes were channeled into one. All traffic passed, as far as we could see.There is a murial on the separation wall at approximately across from Az Za'ayyem that Ora pointed out to me. It looks very professional and seems to be a considerable financial investment. Ora told me that this is apparently an Israeli investment..which is really very strange as this murial faces just a few houses and seems to be in the middle of nowhere. This and the nicely paved road around the separation wall are in stark contrast to the terrible condition of the road in that area, connecting the Mt. of OLives Arab neighborhood to the Jericho road.