Internal Closure Imposed on Sheikh Jarrah

During internal closure, which can be temporary or permanent, Israeli police barricade off access to a neighborhood or a section of it, as seen here in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah on July 14, 2021.

Police then control all entry and exit, as happened here in the Palestinian neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem on July 14, 2021.

Friends coming to visit those living in the barricaded area are often refused entry, as happened here on July 14, 2021, in the East Jerusalem Palestinian neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah. 

Resident Saleh Diab is not successful at convincing the police to let his friends pass and come to his home in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, July 14, 2021.

Residents have to point to their homes and prove they live there in order to pass; sometimes this is not allowed either. Sheikh Jarrah, July 14, 2021

The closure is not applied equally to all: Jews who want to enter are often free to come and go as they please, as seen here in Sheikh Jarrah on July 14, 2021, although they have forcefully worked to expel Palestinian residents from their homes in the neighborhood in the past and aggressively continue to use all available means to do so again in the present, causing conflict.