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Al-Jabal Al-Rahma
street
Point
connecting
Tel
Rumeida
with
the
Al
–
Jabal
Al-Rahma
neighborhood,
located
close
to
the
Jewish
Cemetery,
referred
to
by
Palestinians
as
Qafesha
building’s
checkpoint.
The
name
comes
from
the
family
living
in
the
house
situated
next
to
the
road
gate.
Currently
com
-
posed
of
a
barrier
in
the
form
of
a
road
gate
connected
by
concrete
cubes,
it
closes
the
passage
of
vehicles,
but
allows
pedestrian
movement.
A
watch
tower
used
to
be
located
on
Qafesha’s
roof,
but
was
later
removed
and
replaced
by
a
more
solid
structure
construct
-
ed
on
the
ground,
separated
from
the
street
by
concrete
high
blocks
on
the
lower
part,
and
a
metal
net
on
the
upper
part.
The
complex
is
supplemented
by
two
soldiers
that
are
present
there
all
the
time.
A
barrier
sepa
-
rates
Palestinian
vehicle
move
-
ment
from
the
settler
vehicle
movement,
which
mostly
occurs
on
the
road
surrounding
the
Jewish
Cemetery
located
on
Palestinian
land
rented
by
The
Jewish
Committee
from
the
Soltan
family
more
than
one
hundred years ago.
HAJEZ OMARET QAFESHA
Qafesha building’s street block
3
AL-JABAL AL-RAHMA STREET
Al-Shuhada
street
حاجز عمارة قفيشة