‘Azzun, Imatin
09:00 Leaving the station at Rosh Ha'Ayin in Nadim's vehicle.
09:30 Azzun. Yoga and Hebrew lesson. 15 women arrived. Most of them are interested in exercising Yoga under Sara's supervision. Other women preferred to learn Hebrew, with the help of Dafna and Sarale. The Yoga lesson lasted for an hour and a quarter. The women left the lesson excitedly and joined Dafna and Sarale's activity. Sara drove together with Nadim to Immatin.
10:00 Imatin. A Hebrew lesson. Eight women arrived. There was a small celebration. Nadim brought drinks and sweets to celebrate his youngest son's wedding. We talked about the wedding and other happy occasions. Another subject which was discussed was the end of year celebration of the girls. Towards the end of the first hour, additional women began arriving. Then also a young man from Habladiya. It turned out that a meeting about the plans for the small children of the village had been planned for them. So we shortened the lesson and cancelled the Yoga lesson.
11:15 Trip for Imatin to Azzun. I joined Dafna's lesson. One of the women told us that her husband had an authorization to work in Israel. This costs a monthly fee of 1100 IL. The contractor who employed her husband finished his work and now the husband cannot make use of the authorization. We suggested she talk with Nadim who promised to try and make a contact between her husband and a contractor who would perhaps be able to employ him.
12:00 Back to the Rosh Ha'Ayin station.
'Azzun
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Azoun (updated February 2019)
A Palestinian town situated in Area B (under civil Palestinian control and Israeli security control),
on road 5 between Nablus and Qalqiliya, east of Nabi Elias village. The inhabitants are allowed to construct and improve infrastructures. The Separation Fence has confiscated lands belonging to the town's people. In 2018 olive tree groves owned by one of its inhabitants were confiscated for the sake of paving a road to bypass Nabi Elias. Azoun population numbers 13,000, its economic state dire. Its infrastructures are poor, neglect and poverty rampant. In the meantime, the town council has completed paving an internal road for the inhabitants' welfare.
Because of its proximity to the Jewish settler-colony of Karnei Shomron and its outposts, the town suffers the intense presence of the Israeli army, especially at nighttime: soldiers enter homes, arrest suspects, trash the house and sometimes ruin it, as they do in numerous places in the West Bank. At times a checkpoint closes the entrance to the town, so no one can come in or get out.
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Imatin
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Imatin This village lies in the West Bank, 19 kilometers southwest of Nablus city and 23 kilometers east of the city of Qalqiliya. Its inhabitants' number 799, all members of four families from the neighboring village of Imatin. Far’ata is identified with the Biblical Far’atoun, and an archeological survey has identified findings on a timeline from the Second Iron Age until the days of the Ottoman Empire. After the Oslo Accords, the built-up area of the village was categorized as Area B, but 80% of its farmlands were classified as Area C. In 2002, settlers founded the outpost of Havat Gil’ad, which they claim is located on privately-owned land purchased by the Zar family. The Palestinians claim they own the land. The Civil Administration has issued demolition orders for all the structures in this outpost and they were declared illegal, but nothing was done about it. On February 4, 2018, the Israeli government unanimously ruled to regulate this outpost by defining it as a new settlement or by erecting a new settlement next to it. Beginning in 2012, the Palestinian Authority ruled to include Far’ata in the local council of Imatin, a larger community. For further information: http://vprofile.arij.org/qalqiliya/pdfs/vprofile/immatin_vp_en.pdf
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