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Once a Palestinian Jerusalemite citizen intends to visit the Israeli interior Ministry or National Insurance offices, he or she has the miserable vision of what it will be like - the feelings of oppression and humiliation he or she will experience while waiting to pass through security gates and from the guards' practices during inspection when allowed inside.
The stereotypical schedule is as follows: taking time off from work for those who are employed; leaving the house in the early morning hours to go to one or both of the institutions, waiting in queues outside the building where there is a line for women and another for men who have come from different parts of the occupied city of Jerusalem. Then they pass through the revolving iron door, where one of the soldiers calls ("Three women, three men!") to search their handbags and to check their identity cards before allowing them to enter through the electronic screening gate. If there are children, their strollers are searched, the hoods are raised and the mattresses of the baby carriers are searched. If the mother is carrying a bottle of milk or water, the female Israeli soldier obliges her to drink some of it, fearing that it might be a threat to Israel's security. Then they wait in another queue in which a man proceeds first and then a woman to take a number. A red line on the floor and written warnings overhead warn those who are waiting not to go beyond that line.
After obtaining a number, the person enters another waiting area for a long period of time before going into one of the employees' offices to start new chapters of demands to provide incredible amounts of documents such as phone bills, electricity and...