Bethlehem (300)

The people sitting on the fence waiting for transportation tell us the situation is terrible. From those closer to the building we hear the situation is good. 

At the entrance to the building we met two women observers for the Ecumenical. They report that usually it takes them 20 minutes to cross from the entrance in the wall to the exit. Today it took 45 minutes. 

Later we witnessed the pace of the working soldiers - very slow. Afterwards we met with one of the policemen who tried to relieve the crowdedness by checking at the gate and not on the internet. We heard from him that all the soldiers are new. One of the women who were passing complained that the Humanitarian Gate came loose, is swinging and might hurt someone.