‘Azzun ‘Atma, Eliyahu Crossing, Habla, Shomron Crossing, Tue 12.2.13, Afternoon
A mini-intifada in Azzun
13:00 Habla. The gate opened on time. The first five people enter for inspection. They cross to Habla in five minutes. A pickup truck and two tractors, one of them loaded with seedlings, exit the village. They’re followed by a shepherd and his flock. All the Palestinians who arrive go through without delay. We hear about yesterday morning’s strike which was already reported on yesterday. A large group of Palestinians refused to cross because of the female MP’s behavior toward one of them.
13:20 Eliyahu crossing. No lines in either direction. A number of cars being inspected.
13:30 Azzun. The street is livelier than usual. Shops are open, pupils returning from school. Many vehicles on the main road.
We visit Z’s shop. After we give him the parcels, here’s what he tells us: About a week ago, children threw rocks at settlers’ cars. One rock hit and injured a woman. On Saturday night, dozens (perhaps hundreds) of settlers came to Azzun, threw rocks at homes and blocked the entry road. Villagers left their homes and burned tires. Many soldiers arrested the settlers. A number of Azzun residents were injured. A sort of local intifada.
This evening, Monday, we were told there was a new disturbance(Tomorrow’s shift should take note).
14:00 A military vehicle comes from the track leading to the guard tower, near Azzun.
We turn south, enjoying the white blossoms on the flowering trees and the green landscape.
We drive via Tulth, Siniriyya and Bidiya. We enter shops and a pharmacy, looking for someone who speaks Hebrew or English, but with no luck today.
We continue south. Red roofs of Yaqir, Revava and Nofim on the hillside.
We get on Highway 5 and drive west.
15:20 Shomron gate. A short line. Three cars being inspected.
15:30 Azzun Atma. The checkpoint is quiet. Everyone who arrives crosses quickly. A Palestinian who works at a quarry in the area says he believes there’s a great deal of confusion at the checkpoint when the military unit is replaced. It takes time for the new soldiers to learn their job and stop showing how tough they are. After they know what’s going on and no longer have to make an impression the crossing goes smoothly, without problems. The occupation routine.
'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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Eliyahu CP (109) / Crossing
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Eliyahu CP (109) / Crossing This checkpoint, also known as the Fruit Crossing, is one of the main checkpoints between Israel and the West Bank. It is located on Route 55 between Alfei Menashe and the turn to Qalqilya and Zufin, more than 4 km east of the Green Line, in the separation fence, which separates Qalqilya from its lands to the south, thus leaving Alfei Menashe West of the fence - the Seam Zone. This checkpoint, a few kilometers across the Green Line, is intended for "Israeli settlement in the West Bank and the population of the Seam Zone." It is managed by a civil company. Palestinians with a special permit for their lands in the seam area are also allowed to pass through it, on foot, and sometimes by car.
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Habla
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Habla CP (1393)
The Habla checkpoint (1393) was established on the lands of the residents of Qalqilya, on the short road that
connected it for centuries to the nearby town of Habla. The separation barrier intersects this road twice and cut off the residents of Qalqilya from their lands in the seam zone.(between the fence and the green line).
There is a passage under Road 55 that connects Qalqilya to the sabotage This agricultural barrier is used by the farmers and nursery owners established along Road 55 from the Green Line and on both sides of the kurkar road leading to the checkpoint.
This agricultural checkpoint serves the residents of Arab a-Ramadin al-Janoubi (detached from the West Bank), who pass through it to the West Bank and back to their homes. The opening hours (3 times a day) of this agricultural checkpoint are longer than usual, about an hour (recently shortened to 45 minutes), and are coordinated with the transportation hours of a-Ramadin children studying in the occupied in the West Bank.
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Shomron Crossing
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Shomron Crossing The Shomron checkpoint for vehicles. is located east of Rosh HaAyin and Kafr Qassem, on Road 5 (Trans-Samaria) leading to Ariel and the Za'atara junction. It is intended for blue ID cardholders, foreign guests or diplomats, and international organizations only. In 2009 the management was entrusted to a civil security company.
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