Anin: M. misses us and his family wishes to get to know us
M. of Anin village, Palestine, is always glad to talk on the phone. He wishes for us not to worry about them. They are holding strong. Working a bit, resting a lot. And as for Ramadan, not every evening but once in a while they host the extended family, his 6 brothers and sisters, all living in Anin, as well as all his children who are back from their university studies abroad because of the pandemic. He sent an appetizing photo of their last feat. I ask about every item, and his wife explains: … And the red stuff is ochre in tomato sauce. Ochre, now?? Well, she bought it fresh last year and deep-froze it…
As usual, at the end of our conversation, M. asks when we intend to come visit the village?
Well, god willing, one of these days…
'Anin checkpoint (214)
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'Anin checkpoint (214)
'Anin checkpoint is located on the Separation Fence east of the Israeli community Mei Ami and close to the village of Anin in the West Bank. It is opened twice a week, morning and afternoon, on days with shorter light time, for Anin farmers whose olive groves have been separated from the village by the fence it became difficult to cultivate their land. Transit permits are only issued to those who can produce ownership documents for their caged-in land, and sometimes only to the head of the family or his widow, eldest son, and children. Sometimes the inheritors lose their right to tend to the family’s land. The permits are eked out and are re-issued only with difficulty. 55-year-old persons may cross the checkpoint (into Israel) without special permits. During the olive harvest season (about one month around October) the checkpoint is open daily and more transit permits are issued. Names of persons eligible to cross are held in the soldiers’ computers. In July 2007, a sweeping instruction was issued, stating that whoever does not return to the village through this checkpoint in the afternoon will be stripped of his transit permit when he shows up there next time. Since 2019, the checkpoint has not been allways locked with the seam-line zone gate (1 of 3 gates), and the fence around it has been broken in several sites.
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