Azzun - a festival in the main road
Morning at Azzun. The children are still on holidays. It is the last day of the half yearly holidays.
they began tarring and many locals accompany the process. The money came from European donations, after America diminished or stopped its donations to the West Bank.
The rain has washed away the leftovers of the work, and there is a new road.
This looks commonplace but believe me that after some good years at Azun, the renewal of the road as well as a boulevard in its middle, is a very important event. They have already put up No Entry road signs and Driving according to the Direction, and who knows what else is pending?
At the entrance to the village there was seemingly private car with a flashing light and two soldiers.
Surprise corner: I had a dent on the metal of my car and I made a price comparison: I went to two garages at Azun – 200 IS at one place compared to 250 IS at another, and for comparison’s sake at the garage in Ramat Ha-Sharon 1400 IS before vat.
Yesterday the car left the metal work repairman – the magalas – “as new” and I advertise him here for free. Worth every moment. I’ll gladly supply the details to anybody who is interested.
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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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