Adnan Barq is on his guard, at the entrance of an alley in Cheikh Jarrah.
Came with two friends to participate in a rally to denounce the police blockade erected in front of this disputed neighborhood of East Jerusalem.
Four Palestinian families are threatened with expulsion there in favor of Jewish settlers.
The 21-year-old boy scans the protagonists, his cell phone in his hand.
“I'll wait a bit and I'll step aside when they load,”
he said.
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"They"
are the twenty or so Israeli police officers who show signs of impatience with the dozen or so demonstrators.
Sheltered under a gatehouse or stationed in front of the barriers, the men in gray filter the comings and goings of residents.
At the end of Shabbat, only religious Jews are allowed to pass to meditate at the tomb of a 3rd century BC rabbi, Simon II the Just (Shimon Hatzadik).
On this day, non-resident Palestinians and secular Jews are barred from passage, as are journalists.
When
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