‘Azzun ‘Atma, Habla
‘Azzun ‘Atma
On our way to the village we saw construction of the wall had continued; it seems to have reached Oranit settlement.
06:00 The gate was closed when we arrived; it opened a few minutes later.
About 80 people were crowded together on line and ten more stood off to the side (perhaps because they didn’t want to push into the line). Some try to enter or to butt into line. The line doesn’t move, people yell, so the MP shuts the entrance; more people arrive, the line get longer.
We spoke to a laborer who waited for his friends. He said the checkpoint had opened at 05:15 instead of at 05:00, which already caused congestion. The elderly don’t have to wait on line, but the cut-off age changes arbitrarily. He’s on his way to work his land but must go through the checkpoint even though he can reach it directly because must have his papers stamped.
Nora approaches the crowd to photograph but a soldier tells her to move back.
Bottom line: Inspections today at the checkpoint were accompanied by the MP’s yelling, frequent closing of the entrance, laborers required to remove belts and empty pockets. The soldiers in charge of the crossing, especially the sergeant, lord it over the Palestinians in a very annoying manner.
We left at 06:45; the line was still long (Nava Eisen and a colleague who’d arrived at that moment remained at the checkpoint; we went to Habla).
Habla 07:05 The checkpoint opened at 06:45. There’s no line at the moment; people enter for inspection as soon as they arrive. We asked one of the laborers why; he said it’s because fewer permits have been granted. The school bus leaves Habla empty (we were told it had been inspected before it left), returns shortly with the children and enters without being inspected. Meanwhile, 30 people are already on line.
Lieutenant S., from the Efrayim DCL, approaches us accompanied by A., another lieutenant. We complained about the situation at Irtah; he said they’re trying hard to improve things and the problem is the behavior of the Palestinians on line. Regarding the soldiers’ behavior at the checkpoints, he said he removes soldiers who don’t act properly. We also told him about the serious problems we’d seen this morning at ‘Azzun ‘Atma.
'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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