‘Azzun ‘Atma, Habla
'Azzun 'Atma, Habla
An ordinary day – the occupation routine.
06:10 'Azzun 'Atma. Many have already crossed; they’re sitting outside around improvised bonfires waiting for their employers. About 50 people on line, but they’re going through quickly. We timed one of them – it took him 17 minutes to get through, a speed record. Newcomers continue to join the line so it doesn’t get any shorter even though they’re going through quickly. Four detainees are sitting off to one side; we’re not able to speak with them but the DCO officer who had been there part of the time says some of them were caught going through a hole in the fence (you’ve heard about “an invitation to thieves”? Here it is), even though they have permits for the seam zone. He said they’d be detained; it’s not clear what will happen to them later, when their IDs arrive. They were confiscated by the soldiers in the patrol jeep who caught them; they’re still on patrol. There are five children selling coffee today; they promised they’d go to school at 07:00.
07:05 Habla. Few have already crossed; there’s no one at the checkpoint. Whoever arrives goes through immediately. Isn’t it amazing how efficient the army is today? Could it be a new system, or just a lucky day for Palestinians crossing to work in the seam zone?
A constant trickle of people crossing; it increases as the time approaches to close the checkpoint. The night watchmen return on donkey carts, and just after 07:00 the school bus from Arab al-Ramadin went through to the school in Habla. It seems they’ve put the boys and girls together; now there’s only one bus.
07:45 The gates closed; everyone has gone through.
'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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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.
Nina SebaAug-18-2025Habla: The gate is in the process of closing
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