Anin: the occupation breeds terror
Mahmoud from the village of Anin called me this morning and at first had difficulty choosing his words. He wanted to apologize ‘from me to all your friends and family’ for the murder that occured in Bnei Brak last night. He usually speaks Hebrew carefully but now caution does not help him. He struggles to be precise and finally he wants to know if I understood: ‘You know what I mean, yes?’
I know.
‘Today I didn’t go to work at the olive grove (in the Seam Zone) … and almost all the village farmers stayed home.’
The town Yabed from which the killer came, is not far from Anin to the east. And the city of Umm al-Fahm, from which the murderers in Hadera originated, overlooks the village of Anin from the west. Terrorism escalates and in a way approaches Mahmoud’s home as well. Violence brings their home closer to our home. Mahmoud wants to say that the fear of terrorism is common.
An hour later, Mahmid from the village of Taibeh called. He complains that he cannot reach his olives in the seam zone. For several days now, large concrete blocks have been scattered on the road behind the checkpoint, blocking the tractor. He asks me to do magic that will eliminate the obstacles. Once we managed to do such magic at the Anin checkpoint. At first they denied having the blocks there and finally cleared the road within three hours of working with a bulldozer. I asked Mahmid to send photos of the concrete blocks on the road. The soldier at the checkpoint told him that it was forbidden to take photos.
We will continue following the situation.
'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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Tayba-Rummana
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Tayba-Rummana is an agricultural checkpoint. It is located in the separation fence in front of the eastern slopes of the Israeli city of Umm al-Fahm. The Palestinian villages next to the checkpoint are Khirbet Tayba and Rummana. Dozens of dunams of olive groves were removed from their owners, the residents of these villages on the western side of the separation fence. The Palestinian villages next to the checkpoint are Khirbet Tayba and Rumna. Dozens of olives dunams were removed from these villages' residents and swallowed up in a narrow strip of space, on the western side of the separation fence. The checkpoint allows the plantation owners who have permits to pass. Twice a week, the checkpoint opens for fifteen minutes in the morning and evening. During the harvest season, it opens every day for fifteen minutes in the morning (around 0630) and fifteen minutes in the afternoon (around 1530). (February 2020).
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