Summary
Military checkpoint separating Bethlehem from East Jerusalem at which solidarity tours in Chapter 2 of Invited to Witness — Solidarity Tourism across Occupied Palestine hand tourists from one Palestinian guide to another (Invited to Witness — Solidarity Tourism across Occupied Palestine, PDF p.93-94).
Details
- Tourists walk through labyrinthine corrals and wave international passports in front of bulletproof glass while Palestinians next to them show wrinkled permits and ID cards and place their fingers in the biometric scanner (PDF p.93-94).
- Israeli tourism posters adorn its walls; in 2012 they read, in English, “Every Day Is a Vacation”, and in 2019 updated Israeli Ministry of Tourism ads wallpapered the exits from floor to ceiling (PDF p.94).
- Yvonne Lory recalled getting waved through while Palestinians were pulled aside and interrogated (PDF p.96-97).
Related pages
Invited to Witness — Solidarity Tourism across Occupied Palestine, Bethlehem, East Jerusalem, Solidarity Tourism