24 HOURS JERUSALEM – 26’ - PART 7: 7:30-8 pm
07:00:04
... 7:30pm in Jerusalem... while most residents are looking forward to an evening at the cinema, a book or a few hours with the family, Dani Rotenberg’s shift is about to begin… he is a paramedic and works for Magen David Adom, the Israeli equivalent to the Red Cross or the Red Crescent… he is 37 years old and has been working in his job for 20 years now… his night shift begins after sunset…
07:01:13
… 7:31pm… the sun sets, the evening begins… the streets in the Old City turn quiet, tourists and pilgrims retreat to their hotels and hostels… for a few moments it looks peaceful…
07:01:34
… in the long term, the Oslo peace treaty foresaw two states in the Holy Land… Palestine was to be created next to Israel in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip… in 1995, transitory areas were established, areas that still exist today… A- areas are under Palestinian control… Israel and Palestine share the control of B- areas … C- areas are solely controlled by Israel… in the West Bank, the C areas cover about 60% of the land… around 120 Jewish settlements and outposts have been built here…
07:02:39
… 7.33pm …
07:02:42
… in West Jerusalem the evening programmes start in cinemas… “Oblivion” opened, a film with Tom Cruise… in it, Earth is destroyed after a war between humans and aliens… the formerly blue planet is inhabited only by drones…
07:03:24
… the Shu’afat refugee camp in East Jerusalem was once a row of single storey houses - then, for lack of alternatives, every generation added another storey… at the camp, nobody asks for structural safety or building permits… Mohammad Mughrabi grew up on the ground floor and put his flat on the second floor – above his parents and brother…
07:05:17
… a few houses down in the refugee camp, Khaled Al Sheikh Ali gets his hair done by Abu Malek, his regular barber…
07:07:06
… 7:37pm… comedian Israel Campbell is welcomed by his family… he has been on tour in the US… in the evening Jaffa street comes to life…
07:07:37
… Esther Shimberg has invited a few friends to a Bracha (berakah) Party… a meeting of religious friends and blessings for the gifts of God
07:11:09
… at Abu Malek’s salon, hair is coiffured while the clients chat… conversation often revolves around papers and permits… the Israeli administration has decreed regulations for Arab residents… on who is permitted to live or build where… if wives from the West Bank may enter Jerusalem or not… wer durch die Checkpoints kommt und wer hängen bleibt ….
07:12:27
7:43pm… photographer Jim Hollander looks at today’s bounty… afterwards, he wants to go home for dinner…
07:13:43
… for a press photographer, says Jim Hollander, Jerusalem is a good place… he sends his photographs to clients in Europe and the US
07:20:05
… 7:50pm in Jerusalem ...
07:20:23
… Moran Mizrachi got up at half past five, she had a long day at work and now needs some entertainment… she wants to return to Mahane Yehuda, the market in West Jerusalem, where the traders disappear at night, when the bars open…
07:21:11
… the small shops in the West are closing, the large supermarkets and shopping centres are still open… guards are posted and security doors are installed at every entrance for fear of attacks…
07:25:17
.. in the next episode of 24h Jerusalem, paramedics will speed through the night on nimble mopeds to attend accidents and illnesses… a young girl reveals her dreams and Israel Campbell begins his show… he was born a Christian but enters the stage as a Jew… the Jerusalem audience is usually quite demanding…
