Correspondent in Jerusalem
To reach the ex-Jerusalem international airport, you have to take a four-lane exit from the eastern part of the Holy City enclosed in dividing walls.
The bead of asphalt and concrete leads the motorist to a roundabout and then, by side roads, to the aerodrome runway.
About fifty meters away, behind the security fence, stand the buildings of a Palestinian neighborhood.
The control tower surrounded by barbed wire is in a sorry state.
In front of the entrance, we meet a fox surprised to meet a human presence on its territory.
Welcome to Atarot airport, the phantom forward base of the Israeli presence in the West Bank!
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