CROSSING A CHECKPOINT

Heading for Bethlehem, a Palestinian city located to the south of Jerusalem. First, I took a bus going down to the main crossing point into Bethlehem called Checkpoint 300. エルサレムの南にあるパレスチナの街、ベツレヘムへ向かう。まずはチェックポイント300と呼ばれる、ベツレヘムへの最も一般的な越境ポイントまでバスに乗る。 You need to get off the bus before the checkpoint and walk along the obnoxious concrete walls built by Israel to enter the West Bank territory of Palestine. バスはチェックポイントの手前で降りなくてはいけない。そのあとは、イスラエル側が作った感じの悪いコンクリート壁に沿って歩き、パレスチナのヨルダン川西岸地区に入る。 Arrived at the Palestine side which is under constant surveillance by the Israeli military. Here, you can't use Israeli cell-phone carriers anymore, and need to switch to the different dial-in code for Palestine, 970. However, when it comes to currency, the Israeli new shekel is commonly used. The Japanese government has not recognized the State of Palestine, but I say Palestine is my 68th country visited (including pre-reversion Hong Kong and Macau). イスラエル軍に絶えず監視されているパレスチナ側に到着。ここではもう、