‘Azzun ‘Atma, Habla
'Azzun 'Atma, Habla
The coffee kids are here, only 3 today. There is a short line at ‘Azzun ‘Atma; at Habla, a delay in opening.
06:15 ‘Azzun ‘Atma.
A lot of people are waiting outside already, but the line is very short. There are 2 inspection stations in operation (according to the soldiers previously there had been three). We talked a bit with the EAPPI people, who were on the other side of the fence, next to the village, in order to find out what happened here earlier, but they had arrived only a few minutes before us. The north gate of ‘Azzun ‘Atma was manned, but only those possessing a resident's permit, or an entry permit to Israel, were able to go through. After a few minutes, the military policewoman asked us to stop talking. It is forbidden to talk here. Speech disturbs the operation of the checkpoint! We stood at a distance of about 20 meters from the passage and inspection point. Crazy! We stopped our conversation quickly and moved a bit away. A soldier was also dispatched there to remove us further on, but this time we were stubborn and didn't budge. Clearly there are still soldiers ready to harass us for no reason.
07:00 Habla
We arrive and the gate is supposed to open at 06:30, but it is closed. About 60 people in line. Immediately, we make calls and are told that they will check, and then soldiers arrive and start to open the gate. At 07:10, the first person passed through. In a conversation with the DCO, we were told that the gates in the fence which had been moved in the area of Famalya, Beit Jamal and Jayyus North were opened for the first time this morning (apparently one gate). We will go there this week to see it. Some of the residents can now get to their lands without crossing the fence, but the others, whose land is still imprisoned between the fence and the Green Line, will have to go by way of an even longer detour in order to cross the gate and arrive at their lands.
The crossing at Habla was fast this morning and, by 08:05, with a little pressure, everyone managed to go through by foot, vehicle, cart or wagon. At a certain stage, a bicycle rider went through, dressed in biking gear and a helmet, riding confidently along the fence road. Interesting to know who gave him permission to ride there? I would also like to not to mention the Palestinians who could enjoy the ride on a good road to their fields.
'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.Ronit Dahan-RamatiApr-25-2025Habla Checkpoint: system of gates
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