An unannounced closure leaves a Jerusalemite native stranded at Qalandiya checkpoint, with no way home.
When she married at 18, Ayah hoped to expand her world. She soon found that her range of motion did not extend beyond the nearest checkpoint.
The black hole of blacklisting: How Palestinians with PA IDs get wholly banned from Jerusalem with one click on the keyboard
How many millions of Palestinians in historic Palestine and beyond are unable to enter Jerusalem without Israeli permission?
A daunting, labyrinthine maze of regulations and blockage points stands between holders of certain types of IDs and Jerusalem.