Abu Dis, Sheikh Saed, Fri 26.9.08, Morning

There is a thin and slow flow of people. Most people go through.

At 10:15 one man who is 50 years old minus 4 month is told to return. When turning to the soldier ("last Friday of Ramadan, his age is so close, let him go pray"), he promises to think about it. 15 minutes later he really lets him through.

At 10:45 a married woman, 38 years old, is sent back. Her older husband went through. The soldier explains that in her case he can not do anything. When we turn to the officer, A., who is down in the Jeep, he explalins that he let through quite a few people who could be prevented from going if they had decided to be particular. But this woman is 7 years younger than should be (at 45 years old a woman can go through without a permit. by 11:15 there are almost no people there who want to go through. I leave and drive to Abu Dis.

There are three detainees there. The soldier tells us that they were seen and photographed climbing the wall with a rope, and they also tore the fence over the wall. He claims that there were attempts to go over the wall in other areas.