‘Azzun ‘Atma, Eliyahu Crossing, Falamiya, Habla, Mon 2.9.13, Morning
A regular occupation day, everything in order, lots of holes in the Fence – so, why aren't there any attacks?
06:10
We travel in the direction of 'Azzun 'Atma, but at the entrance to the small side road, leading to the Tamar gate, we see a military vehicle. We decided to stop and ask if the Tamar Gate is open; the answer was "should we lift the gate"? Not clear what they meant, and since the main gate to the road there was open, and the sign saying "no entrance" had been removed, we went on and traveled on the small road to the Tamar gate and, to our astonishment – no gate! no fence, simply everything was open wide, and that means that it is even possible to leave 'Azzun 'Atma in a car and travel to Israel. Of course, there are a lot of other areas along this fence that are open, including an space that is open because of work on the new fence (where one doesn't yet see any work, no workers and no vehicles).
06:15 'Azzun 'Atma
There are a lot of workers waiting outside and a small line in front of the inspection booths, moving very quickly.
06:40 Habla
The gate was already open, people went through and the pace was relatively fast. Some shouting and pushing in the line, but, as the night guard from the nursery said to us, "Don't you know that Arabs always shout?". I guess we didn't know. There seem to have been arguments about the line even though there was an usher who takes an ID from everyone and puts it in a package which he has in his hand and he organizes the line. Nevertheless, there are arguments, but everything ends peacefully and, despite the long line, longer than usual, by 07:15 it disperses and now, whoever arrives goes through. At 07:30 the childrens' buses arrive, one for boys and one for girls and both are almost empty. There was a girl in the boys bus for some reason; why they can't send just one bus isn't clear to us, but it is none of our business. They went through quickly.
07:45 Eliyahu gate
There are about 6 vehicles but no pedestrian line.
08:20 Falamya
Quiet as usual, a small piece of heaven if only there were no gate. From far away, one sees equipment along the new fence line, but no activity.
'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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Eliyahu CP (109) / Crossing
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Eliyahu CP (109) / Crossing This checkpoint, also known as the Fruit Crossing, is one of the main checkpoints between Israel and the West Bank. It is located on Route 55 between Alfei Menashe and the turn to Qalqilya and Zufin, more than 4 km east of the Green Line, in the separation fence, which separates Qalqilya from its lands to the south, thus leaving Alfei Menashe West of the fence - the Seam Zone. This checkpoint, a few kilometers across the Green Line, is intended for "Israeli settlement in the West Bank and the population of the Seam Zone." It is managed by a civil company. Palestinians with a special permit for their lands in the seam area are also allowed to pass through it, on foot, and sometimes by car.
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Falamiya
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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.Ronit Dahan-RamatiApr-25-2025Habla Checkpoint: system of gates
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