Jerusalem’s system of checkpoints inside Palestinian neighborhoods of the holy city

Welcome to a-Zeitim crossing, one of the newer divisions inside of Jerusalem. Although hailed as an undivided capital, where Jewish-Israelis can trot from neighborhood to neighborhood, increasingly intractable metal is constructed between Palestinian localities. 

Like plantar warts, these checkpoints spread on the ridges and lowlands, hidden unless I look for them. 

Before last week I hadn’t heard of a-Zeitim, probably because cars can’t drive through, only foot traffic. And this checkpoint is nestled between Palestinian residential areas in the periphery of Jerusalem .... http://mondoweiss.net