Abu-Dis

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May-18-2003
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6:50AM. On the way, no BP, and light
pedestrian traffic. At the wall there a large BP van and a large
crowd of people on both sides of the wall. We were told that the
gate up the hill was closed off entirely. Every ID was being
checked, including those of women and of the drivers passing by
from the direction of the university (about a 15 min. wait for
those cars). Cars were randomly searched, though large trucks were
let through without being checked. The wall area looked as if it
had been bombed. The wall had been broken down and crushed in
several places, and concrete slabs had been placed about 2 meters
towards Abu Dis from where they had been previously. Nevertheless,
soldiers worked efficiently and satisfactorily.

7:20AM. We went to pick up 10 year old Mahmud, who is
wheelchair-bound, and take him to school in the Mt. of Olives. As
Abu Dis is now completely sealed off, the only way for his family
to get him to the special-needs school for his end-of-the-year
tests (so he can pass to the next grade) is to send him in a taxi.
They cannot afford this, and we felt gratified to be able to help
today.