‘Azzun ‘Atma, Habla
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‘Azzun ‘Atma and Habla
05:45, ‘Azzun ‘Atma
The construction of the gate on the other side of the village continues with gusto. Soon this CP will probably be abolished. Workers sitting by the roadside told us that the CP was opened only at 05:30 today, rather than at 05:00, as it was supposed to be. Passage is calm and orderly, but very slow, although there are two open stations. We timed 20 minutes from entering the CP on the village side till reaching the check station.
The soldiers seemed to be mostly reserves. They let us approach the gate itself, and take photos, and largely ignored us. We left at 06:15.
05:15 Habla CP. The gate was still closed, and a civilian vehicle carrying soldiers was standing on the security road. The soldeirs said the gate opens at 06:30. Palestinian workers confirmed that this had been so for a while. At 06:26 the gates opened. The vehicle gate leading to the seam zone remained wide open throughout. There was no traffic towards Habla — obviously, this was morning traffic. On the Habla side about 20 waiting Palestinians entered fairly quickly. Everything was calm today (as far as people held back by fences can exhibit "calm").
During Ramadan traffic is light, which may account for the quiet.
A soldier who saw me take photos asked sarcastically whether he is photogenic. I answered that I had not taken his photo, but was prepared to do so. He declined.
At 07:00 Omar's nursery was still closed. We went back home.
'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.
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