Al Khadr, the demolition order was frozen for two months by a court decision

Place:

Al-Khader

Bethlehem (300)

Sheikh Abdallah Ibrahim / Wadi Rahal (Efrat, Gush Etzion)

Tunnels CP

Tags:

Building Permit

House Demolition

Observers:

Natanya G. (photographing), Anat T. (photographing and reporting), Kamal (driving), Translator: Charles K.

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Jun-7-2023

Morning

Wadi Rahal, a sign on a road gate east of Efrat

Photo:

Anat Tueg

The road routes traffic to Givat Eitam which has not yet been established

Sheikh Abdallah Ibrahim checkpoint. Waiting to be admitted

Photo:

Anat Tueg

Al Khadr. Nafouz and the little children

Photo:

Natanya Ginsburg

Al Khadr. Plan for a traffic circle and expansion of the access road to Efrat

Photo:

Anat Tueg

Al Khadr. Rejecting a petition against the demolition of the Dadua house

Photo:

Anat Tueg

Al Khadr. The Supreme Court suspend the demolition of the Dadua house for two months

Photo:

Anat Tueg

Al Khadr. Ecumenical volunteers

Photo:

Anat Tueg

Location Description

Al-Khader

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Al-Khadr served as transit from Bethlehem to Route 60. A dirt mound prevent vehicular traffic from and to Bethlehem from the west. A small market developed there. Taxi ranks were on both sides of the obstruction. It was replaced by a similar obstruction at Al Nashash which has recently been removed and thus the way from Bethlehem to Hebron through Route 60 is now free.

Bethlehem (300)

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Located adjacent to the Separation Wall ("Jerusalem Wrap") at the north entrance to Bethlehem, this checkpoint cuts off Bethlehem and the entire West Bank from East Jerusalem, with all the serious implications for health services, trade, education, work and the fabric of life. The checkpoint is manned by the Border police and private security companies. It is an extensive infrastructure barrier and is designated as a border terminal, open 24 hours a day for foreign tourists. Israeli passport holders are not allowed to pass to Bethlehem, and Palestinian residents are not allowed to enter Jerusalem, except those with entry permits to Israel and East Jerusalem residents. Israeli buses are allowed to travel to Bethlehem only through this checkpoint.

The checkpoint, which demonstrated harsh conditions of crowding and extreme passage delays for years, started employing advanced electronic identification posts and has upgraded its gates info-icon

' system as of the middle of 2019 - and conditions improved.

Adjacent to the checkpoint, in an enclosure between high walls and another passage, is the historic Rachel's Tomb, which is now embedded within a concrete fortified building. It contains prayer and study complexes for Jews only, as well as a residential complex.

updated November 2019

Tunnels CP

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Tunnels CP

A checkpoint on Road 60, west of the entrance to Beit Jala. The checkpoint is manned by the army, Border Police and private security companies. Palestinian crossing is prohibited, except for residents of East Jerusalem.

Sheikh Abdallah Ibrahim / Wadi Rahal (Efrat, Gush Etzion)

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The Sheikh Abdallah Ibrahim / Wadi Rahal (Efrat, Gush Etzion) CP is located on the access road to the Efrat settlement.
The road also leads to land owned by Palestinians from Wadi Rahal and manned by the security guards of the Efrat settlement. The checkpoint is open to passing Israelis 24 hours a day. Palestinian workers and cleaners can pass only according to a list of contractors and in their presence.
In light of the enormous expansion of Efrat, it sounds reasonable that about 1000 workers pass there every morning.
We met a laborer on his way to the checkpoint and asked whether he had a work permit. He showed us a permit that was bought from a contractor for a considerable amount of money.

The last time we visited this checkpoint (07:00 in the morning) we could witness the "slave market" held there. Contractors "sell" each other workers and professionals. The workers come mainly from the surrounding villages and they are spared the detour through the Bethlehem checkpoint. The eastward expansion of the Efrat is a link in a broader plan that aims to create a territorial continuum between the Gush Etzion bloc and the Dead Sea area while crossing the occupied territories (thereby preventing continuous Palestinian control of the West Bank." (From a MahsomWatch report, 2022)

Jun-25-2023

.Muhammad D

Se'ir - Hagit with the family's grandmother

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