‘Azzun ‘Atma, Eliyahu Crossing, Falamiya, Habla, Tue 1.10.13, Morning
Entry to Azzun Atma from the north is restricted; Habla opened very late. Lucky that it’s still summer time in Palestine so the children weren’t late for school. The gate next to Beit Tanai in Elkana opened for the olive harvest.
06:10 Azzun Atma. Not many people outside; a very long line at the checkpoint, which is operating only middling quickly. Those arriving from north of Azzun must first wait on line at the northern gate to the village, where, after the recent murder inspections are conducted continuously, and again on line at the southern gate out of the village toward Israel and their jobs.
06:35 Tanai gate/Maskhajust opened and the olive harvesters go through with a donkey cart and even a very young foal. This gate is supposed to open for 15 minutes from 06:30-06:45, and at 16:30 in the afternoon, for 15 minutes. That’s certainly better than nothing. People going through said that not everyone who applied for permits received them, but more permits are supposed to arrive today, hopefully for everyone.
07:10 Habla. The gate is closed and locked. After determining that it’s not because of the end of summer time we started phoning the DCO. The excuse: the soldiers have car trouble. Later, after more phone calls, it turned out they have a flat tire. I wonder what the army would do if it had to go to war – also wait an hour and a quarter to fix a flat? Aren’t there any other cars? And in fact, a DCO officer arrives at the checkpoint later in a pickup truck which certainly could have brought the soldiers, but that’s not his job. Then another pickup truck driven by an officer arrives, empty, which also isn’t going to get the soldiers to open the checkpoint where many people are waiting who planned to cross at 06:30 and it’s now after 07:00, by which time everyone had usually gone through. It’s lucky that school is still on summer time, so the children come to the checkpoint after 8, instead of after 7. Finally, at 07:45, an hour and a quarter late, the soldiers finally arrived, took five more minutes to open all the gates and the checkpoint began operation an hour and fifty minutes late, and is now working pretty fast – which is something, at least.
08:20 Eliyahu crossing. Many pedestrians wait to cross today, though it’s not clear why. Perhaps they leave for work later because they’re still on winter time? We weren’t able to find out.
08:45 Falamya. It’s quiet. We don’t see anyone working on the new fence, but the work might be going on behind the hill. We can already see people harvesting in the surrounding olive groves, but the olive press in Jayyus is still closed.
'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-RamatiAug-31-2026Habla. The gate is open
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