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The Arabic name for one of the seven open gates in the wall of the Old City of Jerusalem. See also Damascus Gate.

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The Arabic name for one of the seven open gates in the wall of the Old City of Jerusalem. See also Lions’ Gate.

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The Arabic name for one of the seven open gates in the wall of the Old City of Jerusalem. See also Golden Gate.

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The Arabic name for one of the seven open gates in the wall of the Old City of Jerusalem. See also New Gate.

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The Arabic name for one of the seven open gates in the wall of the Old City of Jerusalem. See also Jaffa Gate.

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The Arabic name for one of the seven open gates in the wall of the Old City of Jerusalem. See also Herod’s Gate.

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The Arabic name for one of the seven open gates in the wall of the Old City of Jerusalem. See also Dung Gate.

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The Arabic name for one of the seven open gates in the wall of the Old City of Jerusalem. See also Zion Gate.

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Of or related to biometrics, the measurement and statistical analysis of people’s unique physical and behavioral characteristics. A technology often used for surveillance, because it makes possible accurate identification based on a person’s intrinsic physical or behavioral traits. Biometric data are data gathered from the human body (such as fingerprints, eye scans, and facial scans) that uniquely identify a person. 

The largest categorization size in the Israeli land registry, approximately equal to a city block. A registry block is made up of smaller “parcels.” See also sub-parcel.

The 50- to 75-meter-wide restricted range on both sides of the Separation Wall and of bypass roads, whereby construction and farming are prevented. This restricted range results in house demolitions and restrictions on housing and farming. The buffer zone is accompanied by multiple surveillance technologies, such as HDTV cameras and radars. Note that this is not the same thing as the Seam zone.

Roads built by Israel across the occupied West Bank to link Jewish settlements together while circumventing Palestinian built-up areas. These roads exclusively serve Jewish settlers and are not accessible to cars with Palestinian plates. Built over Palestinian agricultural public lands, bypass roads function alongside the Separation Wall and settlements in restricting the movement of Palestinians, blocking development of residential spaces, and fragmenting the West Bank. In Jerusalem, these roads connect the settlements surrounding the city with the city center and the coastal plain. According to UN-OCHA, as of September 2018, Israel had constructed some 400 kilometers of bypass roads in the West Bank.