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‘Azzun ‘Atma, Habla

Observers: Hanna A., Hanna P. (reporting). Translator: Hanna K.
Sep-11-2014
| Morning

05:50 Azzun 'Atma – The queue flows at the moment, there are two active posts, people take their belts off. Soldiers passed us, taking with them two workmen, who had been found near an opening in the fence. We hear the debate: The workmen claim that they had come in order to return to the village. The argument becomes heated, the soldiers phone and the workmen sit and wait. The checkpoint routine… In the meantime the queue increases more and more. At first 20 men and then 40. At this stage we left while the two workmen were still waiting.

06:50 Habla – at the exit we met a workmen who complained that the soldiers open up late, at 06:40 instead of at 06:30.  According to him even 06:30 is too late, as the fruit and vegetables have to be picked early so that they reach the market in a good condition.

There are about 20 men in the queue, but the military policewoman stops the passage each time an argument occurs (and admonishes them). The workmen arrive at the turnstiles in groups of 5 and from there they pass on to be checked. At the moment the checking is performed rather quickly, 2 minutes, the checkpoint routine. Every few minutes there are shouts and the workmen complain that she does not keep the turn. She answers "stop causing me a headache".

A workman with a donkey and a cart arrives and the soldier at the gate waits to receive an authorization from the military policeman. A pink minibus leaves the villages, as well as a tow truck. At 07:20 a minibus with students arrives. The driver goes to be checked, entered with the car and then a soldiers mounts it to check it inside.

A young man with an authorization enters to be checked. The authorization doesn't seem to them in orders. The authorization and his Identity card are taken from him. The military policeman and a soldiers take him behind the wall for workout: he stands facing the wall with hands raised on the wall (just as one checks dangerous criminals). When he moves a bit they immediately order him to return to his position. They leave him in this position for about 20 minutes and then return the authorization and the identity card to him and send him back to the village with a push.

A flock of sheep comes out and the shepherd goes to be checked. A tractor comes out, as well as vans laden with plants, cars and carts. It is five minutes to eight. It's time to intensify the tempo. They increase the size of the incoming groups from 5 to 8. During the last checking round one person was forced to return to the village.

 

 

 

 

  • '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

       

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      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).
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