‘Azzun ‘Atma, Habla
‘Azzun ‘Atma, Habla
Near the new gate of ‘Azzun ‘Atma there are 8 detainees-prisoners chained to each other with handcuffs who are waiting for the Shabak (General Security Services) – see photo.
06:40 ‘Azzun ‘Atma – the gate in the separation wall doesn't exist but a gate in the fence has been opened in its stead. We are told that it is situated opposite the northern part of Oranit, and is opened at 07:00. We drove to Oranit and went around it on the roads along the fence/wall and didn't find anything. We almost despaired when we decided to get off the square in front of the entrance to Oranit to the road leading to the wall, at a point where the road to the Tamar CP used to be.
It transpired that this road was dedicated to Haim Landau, is called on his name – see photo.
A bit northwards on the road we saw workmen and approached them to ask about the gate. They sent us along the wall "Ya'ani, another kilo". So we proceeded, and it was more than 2 kilometers. At first there is a road which then turns into a dirt road, until we arrived at the soldier who watches over the prisoners – according to him the workmen passed through the water pipes. These miserable men sat there, their backs turned to the dirt road and their faces to the hill, and their hands spread sidewards. It turned out that they were attached to each other – to prevent their escaping – until the Shabak arrives to take them.
A bit further on we found the new gate numbered 1447 (the time now was already 07:25) and it was, naturally, closed. According to the soldier vehicles had passed through it, but we didn't see them. What we did see in all our turning around was that there still was an enormous area of olives, most of them in good condition between the new wall and the fence of Oranit, which remained in the seam area. It is not at all clear what the opening hours are, and the matter is being investigated.
07:50 Habla, the gate is open and many people are waiting in the queue. Its opening hour now is indeed 06:55-07:55 but the queue was long and until everybody had passed and the gate was closed it was 08:20. Among others a children's bus full of small children arrived from Arab-Ramadin, and it passed at 07:55.
'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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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.
Nina SebaAug-18-2025Habla: The gate is in the process of closing
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