‘Azzun ‘Atma, Eliyahu Crossing, Habla, Jayyus, Shomron Crossing, Tue 1.10.13, Afternoon
Habla
12:50 We arrived early; while waiting for the gate to open we talked with M., from Habla. He’s worked in Israel 40 years, knows Israelis very well and has good relations with many of them, but doesn’t believe Israelis want peace. He doesn’t understand why he needs a permit from Israel to reach his land. He asks: How can talks be going on while settlements continue to be built?
13:05 I go ask the soldiers why the gate hasn’t opened; it turns out that as of today, October 1, the gate is open from 13:15 to 14:15.
13:15 The first six people cross, as well as the pickup truck from the plant nurseries. A horse cart and donkey cart leave the village. Five of the those who crossed walk toward the revolving gate. A tractor comes from Habla, followed by a truck and a bulldozer.
13:25 A woman and three young people come out, heading toward the fields. The area empties; we leave.
13:50 Eliyahu checkpoint. Three vehicles wait for inspection in the Palestinians’ lane.
Jayyus
13:50 The northern gate is open. From today, for the period of the olive harvest, it will be open in the afternoon from 13:00 to 14:00. No one is crossing. Soldiers say only a few went through this morning. The gate has been renovated. It seems to have recently been repainted, but has since been blackened by burning tires.
Shomron Gate checkpoint
15:10 About six vehicles on line in each lane. We answered the usual question about where we’re from, and were asked to open the trunk for inspection.
Oranit
15:20 We stopped next to the wall painted brown and yellow. In the center of the wall is an opening for a paved road to the Tamar checkpoint.
A sign off to the side: “The Haim Road – named for Haim Landau, the former Minister of Transportation.”
A boy rides through the opening on a bicycle and disappears behind the wall. An Israeli working there bothers to let me know it would be better if we left.
Notwithstanding his suggestion, we stay and photograph.
Azzun Atma It’s quiet. Three Palestinian laborers get out of an Israeli car and are quickly inspected.
'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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Habla
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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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Jayyus North (935)
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Shomron Crossing The Shomron checkpoint for vehicles. is located east of Rosh HaAyin and Kafr Qassem, on Road 5 (Trans-Samaria) leading to Ariel and the Za'atara junction. It is intended for blue ID cardholders, foreign guests or diplomats, and international organizations only. In 2009 the management was entrusted to a civil security company.Nava EisenNov-9-2008Shomron crossing checkpoint 23.10.08
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