‘Azzun ‘Atma, Thu 31.12.09, Morning
Natanya translating
6.35 – Two lines of people waiting, one in the netted sleeve opposite the military police in the booth, in front of the second computer, and the other opposite the open gate where a soldier is making is list on a piece of paper in the shed. Two other soldiers guard those making the lists and the commander joins them "only when there is pressure." She also cannot explain to us the logic of this list because it does not prevent those leaving for Tel Aviv, rather than for the building areas which enclose the seam line zone, from passing.
By the large number of workers going out each morning for construction work in the settlements, it seems that the building freeze was only temporary or maybe only in the newspapers. The lines are not long but there is no shelter. I wonder what happened yesterday when the rain came down in torrents. Interesting to know if it is possible to bring the model shed from Huwwara to Azzun.
One of the workers came out very angry. "How is it possible to make peace when the whole time we are ubder stress? Everyone who stands here in the lines each morning will teach his children not to believe the Israelis who promise us alleviations."
Next to the soldiers are a donkey and a detained child. They say that the child was outside the village all night and is being punished. It is not clear what is the donkey's part in this transgression. (Photo attached).
'Azzun 'Atma
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'Azzun 'Atma
A Palestinian village of about 1,800 residents. The settlement of Sha'arei Tikva was established on its land adjacent to it, and the settlement of Oranit was established on its agricultural lands. By 2013, the separation fence had passed through the village and a checkpoint staffed by the army allowed the residents to cross from side to side. After building a massive wall surrounding the village and some of its agricultural lands, the residents went daily for five years to their lands that remained in the Seam Zone through the Oranit agricultural checkpoint (4). Since 2018 it has only opened during the olive harvest and the farmers have to pass daily at the Beit Amin / Abu Salman checkpoint (1447), about 3 kilometers north.From a report from March 24, 2021: "The farmers from Beit Amin and Azon Atma are happy that since February 21 the Oranit checkpoint .is going to be open 3 times a day, The farmers are really developing the place."
Report from July 14, 2024: "Ornit checkpoint is closed . The Beit Amin/Abu Salman agricultural checkpoint is closed (there is no contact with the military to check if it opens rarely), the Ezbat Jaloud checkpoint was opened once a day before the war.
Updated for July 2024
Apr-11-2019Azoun: The main entrance to village blocked now for several weeks
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