#0202_A_View_From_East_Jerusalem

News digest about the Interior Ministry offices in East Jerusalem:

"Daoud Alian, director of the Atta Center, which specializes in the procedures of the Interior Ministry […] says that the situation in the Wadi Joz branch of the Israeli Interior Ministry in East Jerusalem is tragic. He added to Al-Quds Newspaper that 'the sight yesterday was shocking: the wait lines outside the Interior Ministry door reminded me of the old Interior Ministry on Nablus Street twenty years ago, only suffering and overcrowding.'

Alian stated that the Ministry of Interior has waived its responsibility to set up appointments, and instead outsourced it to My Visit […]. Unfortunately, you cannot make an appointment via the application now. Also, this application is only available in Hebrew and English. He added that in most cases, the Interior Ministry does not answer the phone when people call to make an appointment and if they do answer, they only speak in Hebrew.

According to Alian, there is no foreseeable solution to these issues vis-a-vis the Interior Ministry. The solution lies only in the masses who come to the area every day in large numbers to pressure the Interior Ministry, as happened yesterday. A large number of Jerusalemites came thereby sending a message about this tragic situation in need of a solution."

– Select excerpts from an article by Al-Quds News Network

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# Office of the Ministry of Interior
Dear residents of Jerusalem, hello and happy Friday to all.
A while ago I started following the issue of the Interior Ministry in Wadi Al-Joz and realized the suffering of Jerusalemites with only one office that serves the people of Jerusalem!

[…] I raised the issue with a large number of decision-makers including the Knesset, the government and the Hebrew media. Today I accompanied the staff of Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper and its website to see what happens in the building. I spoke in Hebrew and we took pictures of all the people waiting outside that made the interior ministry guards change the status quo as they entered, after we insisted on documenting what is going on for the Hebrew media. […]

We hope to see a solution to the interior ministry situation soon,
Ismail Osman Abogosh"
– Posted in Ask Jerusalem Group

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"The iron gates in front of the Al-Aqsa Mosque were removed because of the protest of the Jerusalemites.
Today we can put an end to the humiliation at the Interior Ministry in Wadi Al-Joz, if we stand together as one. Please spread the message! "

– Beit Hanina – Jerusalem Page

[Selected comments:]
– "Dear God, I wish this would happen."
– "You can't compare Al-Aqsa to the Interior Ministry."
– [page response] "What is similar is our steadfastness and our common desire as one united front."

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